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 XIV.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR.
Poplar Sub-District.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910
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. 1 | 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. | 11-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 40 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 201 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
i. Common Infectious Diseases:— | ||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 18 | |
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 16 | |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Premature Birth | 28 | 3 | .. | 2 | 28 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
Congenital Defects | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk, starvation | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 37 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 14 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Other causes | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
40 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 201 |
District (or Sub-division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Poplar Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1910 61,103.
Births in Legitimate 1,724 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 191
the year Illegitimate 27* year of Illegitimate infants 10
Deaths from all causes at all ages 982
* See page 5.