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Poplar 1911

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

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Table: TABLE XV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Poplar Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year1911.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under OneYear of Age.

TABLE XV.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Poplar Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1911.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One

Year of Age.

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 mouths.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified4311977040545547266
Uncertified......................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..1....11..6412
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup..............2..2
Whooping Cough............1315
Diarrhæa....1..1521131959
Enteritis......11157418
Tuberculous Meningitis..........1..113
Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Congenital Malformations221..52....29
Premature Birth23212282......30
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus73..11116910349
Atelectasis22....4....1..5
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis............1....1
Rickets....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..1....1..12..4
Convulsions1..3..4111..7
Gastritis......11..21..4
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis......l1244415
Pneumonia (all forms)..........332614
Suffocation, overlying....1..122. ...5
Other causes6..2l9442221
All Causes4311977040545547266

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Nett Births
in the rear
Legitimate .. 1,649
Illegitimate .. 45
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants .. 249
Illegitimate infants .. 17