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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 1914

[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 11114. 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 11114. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 78).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 causesCertified9517362417210912510285593
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................2810
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............11...46
Diphtheria and Croup..................1225
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................4419
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............11...13
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2338
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............213814
Convulsions2...52914......14
Laryngitis...............1.........1
Bronchitis......134957732
Pneumonia (all forms)1...1241013171559
Diarrhœa......4...417332620100
Enteritis211...4111814350
Gastritis...............1.........1
Syphilis...11351...1...7
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying51......6981125
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis7...211011......12
Congenital Malformations9...1212121...16
Premature birth4410850791......77
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus203105383225146115
Other Causes512>19257629
Total Deaths9517362417210912510285593

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Nett Births Legitimate 4,071* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 565
in the year Illegitimate 88* in the year of Illegitimate infants 8
* See pages 4-6.