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Poplar 1911

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

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TABLE XVII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR BowSub-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-G months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified285444138354338195
Uncertified....................
Small-pox..................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles................99
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup................11
Whooping Cough..........1..315
Diarrhoea..........9107834
Enteritis......116912836
Tuberculous Meningitis..........11....2
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........1..1..2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..1
Congenital Malformations21....31......4
Premature Birth14..211711....19
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus32..161163632
Atelectasis4......4........4
Injury at Birth....................
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis..........1..1..2
Rickets..............1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............1..1
Convulsions............1....1
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1....111216
Pneumonia (all forms)....1..1234414
Suffocation, overlying1......12..1..4
Other causes41117136..17
All causes285444138354338195

Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate .. 1,189
Illegitimate .. 19
Nett Deaths (Legitimate infants .. 190
in the year of ( Illegitimate infants .. 5