Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Bow Sub-District.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.
| Causes of Death. (see page 35.) | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-2 months. | 12-3 months. | 3-4 months. | 4-5 months. | 5-6 months. | 6-7 months. | 7-8 months. | 8-9 months. | 9-10 months. | 10-11 months. | 11-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 5 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 159 | ||||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 13 | ||||||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | .. | .. | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | ||||
| Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast Milk, starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | ||||||
| Suffocation, overlving | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Other causes | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||
| 33 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||||
District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar. Bow Sub-District :—
| Population, estimated to middle of 1909 | 43,199. | |||||
| Births in the year | Legitimate | 1,212 | Deaths in the year of | Legitimate infants | 149 | |
| Illegitimate | 27* | Illegitimate infants | 10 | |||
| Deaths from all Causes at all ages | 674 | |||||
• See page 6.