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 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. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 55 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 86 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 264 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: including Mem | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
branous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | ||
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 20 | |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Premature Birth | 38 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | |||
5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | ||
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Tuberculosis Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Convulsions | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 21 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 25 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Other causes | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
55 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 86 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 254 |
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.