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

TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Bromley 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 causesCertified54147148941504033253
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox.....................1...1
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................134
Diphtheria and Croup........................35
Erysipelas..................1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................415
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................l214
Convulsions......115...6...112
Laryngitis...........................
Bronchitis.........33421...12
Pneumonia (all forms)...1......1155...17
Diarrhœa...1......14119...31
Enteritis...............446...14
Gastritis..................2......2
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying.........116...1...8
Injury at birth...............1.........1
Atelectasis4...217............7
Congenital Malformations84214211...18
Premature birth27621364...40
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus111131612124246
Other Causes224245823
Total Deaths54147148941504033253

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Nett Births Legitimate 2,122*
in the year Illegitimate 30*
Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 240
in the year of Illegitimate infants 7
* See pages 4-6.