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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 XVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1913. 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 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.2-4 weeks.Total under 1 month1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified2010453932242120136
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................22
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................11...2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1.........1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1...23
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...12
Convulsions1.........1...l1...3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........1...............1
Pneumonia (all forms)...............545418
Diarrhœa...............424212
Enteritis...12...3844423
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1............2.........3
Injure at birth..............................
Atelectasis4........................4
Congenital Malformations33......6211...10
Premature birth114131931......23
Atrophy. Debility and Marasmus...21...3752320
Other Causes.........113329
Total Deaths2010453932242120136

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Nett Births (Legitimate 1,196*
in the year 1 Illegitimate 17*
Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 135
in the year of Illegitimate infants 1
* See pages 4-6.