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 XVI.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Bow Sub-District.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| Causesof Death (seepage 55.) | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | l-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. | TotalDeaths under 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllCauses | Certified | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 54 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 151 | |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria: includingMembranousCroup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| whooping cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritisand Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Premiture Birth | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 2 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
| CongenitalDefects | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Injury atBirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast Milk, starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
| TuberculousMeningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| OtherTuberculousDiseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Othercauses | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | |
| 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 54 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Q | 5 | 151 | |||
District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Bow Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1910 43,357.
Births in Legitimate. 1,182 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 145
the year Illegitimate 23* year of Illegitimate infants 6
Deaths from all Causes at all ages. 604
*See page 6.