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Poplar 1911

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

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Table: TABLE XIV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Whole Borough.Infantile Mortality during the Year1911.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One

TABLE XIV.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Whole Borough.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1911.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One

Causes of Death, (see page 49.)Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3 6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes(Certified127283020205135158149140787
(Uncertified)....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..2....21192538
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup............1225
Whooping Cough....1..1316516
Diarrhæa..131523554040163
Enteritis......33821251471
Tuberculous Meningitis..........32128
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........1..124
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............2..2
Congenital Malformations831..1263..223
Premature Bi rth645838082....90
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus229343837301611132
Atelectasis144....182..1..21
Injury at Birth3......3........3
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis..........112..4
Rickets..........1..1..2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..1....1..2328
Convulsions2..439464124
Gastritis......11..21..4
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1427101010946
Pneumonia (all forms)....112157132057
Suffocation, overlying1..1..2441..11
Other Causes132422181011555
All Causes127283020205135158149140787

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 4,866
Illegitimate 99
Net Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 749
Illegitimate infants 38