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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1912

[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 Year 1912. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 50).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 causesCertified1162917211831111047174543
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................81220
Scarlet Fever.....................1...1
Whooping Cough...............777829
Diphtheria and Croup..................1113
Erysipelas.....................2...2
Tuberculous Meningitis...............12238
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............12227
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1...5......6
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................4...4
Convulsions51...28411115
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis12...471693136
Pneumonia (all forms)...2114814132261
Diarrhœa...............5117629
Enteritis...1113744523
Gastritis..................2......2
Syphilis...............31......4
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying.........1195......15
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis101211451......20
Congenital Malformations5l2...8621...17
Premature birth65123484132......99
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus168653520237691
Other Causes14121188117751
Total Deaths1162917211831131037074543

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Nett Births Legitimate 4,928* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 520
in the year 1 Illegitimate 81* in the year of Illegitimate infants 23
* See pages 4.6.