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Poplar 1911

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

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

TABLE XVI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley 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 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified56121799457695155326
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..1....1..131217
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup............1..12
Whooping Cough....1..12....36
Diarrhæa..1214924201370
Enteritis......11176217
Tuberculous Meningitis..........11..13
Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..1
Congenital Malformations4......433....10
Premature Birth2735..3551....41
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus124322110153251
Atelectasis82....102......12
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis..............1..1
Rickets..........1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1..23
Convulsions1..135343116
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis....415754425
Pneumonia (all froms)......1110171029
Suffocation, overlying............2....2
Other causes311..5333317
All Causes56121799457695155326

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate .. 2,028
Illegitimate .. 35
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants .. 310
Illegitimate infants .. 16