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Poplar 1914

[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 1914. 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 1914. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (sec 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 causesCertified416696224313729183
Uncertified..............................
Small Fox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough........................22
Diphtheria and Croup..................1113
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1214
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................112
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1135
Convulsions1.........21.........3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........22433214
Pneumonia (all forms)1......23146418
Diarrhœa............131312534
Enteritis............112228
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis............11.........2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying21......32...1...6
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis2...1...3...1......4
Congenital Malformations5......16......1...7
Premature birth19211231.........24
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus922114936638
Other Causes2......1312118
Total Deaths416696224313729183

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Nett Birth Legitimate 1,654* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 172
in the year Illegitimate 33* in the year of ( Illegitimate infants 11
* See pages 4-6.