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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TABLE XIII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Causes of Death. (see page 55.) | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1- 2 months. | 2 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. | 111-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 122 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 206 | 67 | 45 48 | 4838 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 16 | 606 | ||
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 41 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | 43 | |
Enteritis: Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 25 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | |
Premature Birth | 76 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 99 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 108 | |
Congenital Defects | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 35 | |
Injurv at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 102 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 | |
Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Convulsion | 9 | 3 | 2 | .. | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 31 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 46 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Pneminia | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | |||
Other Causes | 10 | 2 | 3 | .. | 15 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 42 | |
122 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 206 | 67 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 38 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 16 | 606 |
District (or Sub-division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Whole Borough:-
Population, estimated to middle of 1910 170,931.
Births in Legitimate 4,998 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 583
the year Illegitimate 78* year of Illegitimate infants 23
Deaths from all causes at all ages 2,615
* See pages 5 and 6.