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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 XVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR, Bow Sub.District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR, Bow Sub.District. 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 month1.3 months.3.6 months.6.9 months.9.12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified3111334826221214122
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox........................11
Measles.....................•••11
Scarlet Fever........................1...
Whooping Cough.....................113
Diphtheria and Croup.....................1...1
Erysipelas.....................l...1
Tuberculous Meningitis........................12
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................13
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........11...2......3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions41......51...1...7
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1...121.........3
Pneumonia (all forms)...............262616
Diarrhœa...............21115
Enteritis...11...221...16
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...............21......3
Rickets ..........................................
Suffocation, overlying .....................2.........2
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis ...31......41.........5
Congenital Malformations4.........421......7
Premature birth ...147...12231......26
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2...1...3852119
Other Causes4...1...5...2119
Total Deaths ...3111334826221214122

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Nett Births Legitimate 1,185* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 118
in the year Illegitimate 22* in the year of Illegitimate infants 4
* See pages 4.6.