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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 1913

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

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Table: TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 64).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 causesCertified37711106542293329198
Uncertified.....................1...1
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles......1...1......247
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough............1133210
Diphtheria and Croup.....................2...2
Erysipelas...............l.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................123
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2...13
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1113
Convulsions2.........232......7
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis1.........1464318
Pneumonia (all forms).........112...7717
Diarrhoea.........33857326
Enteritis...............32117
Gastritis............1............1
Syphilis......1...1............1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1...1...22.........4
Injury at birth...............1.........1
Atelectasis ...2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations2.........21.........3
Premature birth193222621......29
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus10363221154345
Other Causes...............32218
Total Deaths37711106542293429199

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Nett Births Legitimate 1,809*
in the year Illegitimate 34*
Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 191
in the year of Illegitimate infants 8
* See pages 4-6.