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Poplar 1910

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

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TABLE XV.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Bromley Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality (luring 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.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.
All CausesCertified55101388626242222151511101094264
Uncertified..................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases:—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles ...........1........1......1..3
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: including Mem..................................
branous Croup..................................
Whooping Cough....11251..2331....119
ii. Diarrheal Diseases:—
Diarrhoea, all forms............3522..1331..20
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis......112..3....1......1..8
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........11..................2
iii. Wasting Diseases:—
Premature Birth38444111................43
51141 111..1..............16
Injury at Birth3......3......................3
Want of Breast Milk......11......................1
Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus2131744..5221121134
iv. Tuberculosis Diseases:- Tuberculosis Meningitis..........1........1....1....3
Tuberculosis Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..11125
v. Other Causes:—
Erysipelas....1..1......................1
Syphilis............1..................1
Rickets........................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................1....1....2
Convulsions621..935111............20
Bronchitis......11415211114..21
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia....1..1331332431..125
Suffocation, overlying11....21..2....1..........6
Other causes511..711..52..1..11120
55101388626242222151511101094254

District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Bromley Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1910 66,471.
Births in Legitimate 2,092 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 247
the year .Illegitimate *28 year of Illegitimate infants 7
Deaths from all causes at all ages. 1,029
* See pages 5 and 6.