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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 XVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1914. 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 1914. 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 weeks2-3 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 causesCertified1651023345332020151
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................56
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............11......2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2......2
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1......12
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1...12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............1......23
Convulsions......2...2...1......3
Laryngitis...............1.........1
Bronchitis......1...11...1...3
Pneumonia (all forms)...............514...16
Diarrhœa......1...1577...23
Enteritis1...1...28114...25
Gastritis...............1.........1
Syphilis............1............1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying2.........242......8
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations2.........211......4
Premature birth8...2...143.........17
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus......2...31251...21
Other Causes111...311229
Total Deaths1651023345332020151

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Nett Births Legitimate 1,164* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 141
in the year Illegitimate 19* in the year of Illegitimate infants 10
* See pages 4-6.