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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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. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 43 | 38 | 195 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34 | ||
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 36 | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Congenital Malformations | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Premature Birth | 14 | .. | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Atelectasis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Other causes | 1 | 1 | .. | ||||||||
All causes | 4 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 43 | 38 | 195 |
Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate .. 1,189
Illegitimate .. 19
Nett Deaths (Legitimate infants .. 190
in the year of ( Illegitimate infants .. 5