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Poplar 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE XVI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Bow Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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 CausesCertified33593501881712810695115159
Uncertified..................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases :—
Small-pox.................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..................1....11317
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................1....2....14
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases:—
Diarrhoea, all forms............12311..113..13
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis..............22....1........5
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
iii. Wasting Diseases:—
Premature Birth191....201....................21
Congenital Defects8......82..1................11
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk, starvation..........1..1................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus23531382411312....136
iv. Tuberculous Diseases :—
Tuberculous Meningitis................1..1....1..14
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................1..11......3
v. Other Causes:—
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis............1......1..........2
Rickets..........................1....1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................1..............1
Convulsions..........1..1....11........4
Bronchitis2..1..31..32..11....1..12
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..........1....2211113..12
Suffocation, overlving....1..1..43................8
Other causes212..53......11..1..1113
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District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar. Bow Sub-District :—

Population, estimated to middle of 190943,199.
Births in the yearLegitimate1,212Deaths in the year ofLegitimate infants149
Illegitimate27*Illegitimate infants10
Deaths from all Causes at all ages674

• See page 6.