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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFANT MORTALITY.*
Infantile Mortality ; Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Infantile Mortality.
The death rates of children under one year per 1,000 births for the past 10 years being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 157 | 152 | 148 | 153 | 131 |
| 1907 | 116.49 | 134.11 | 119.49 | 124.40 | 116 |
| 1908 | 118.49 | 126.50 | 119.36 | 123.83 | 113 |
| 1909 | 128.92 | 132.86 | 128.32 | 130.40 | 108 |
| 1910 | 114.79 | 119.81 | 125.31 | 119.38 | 103 |
| 1911 | 157.02 | 158.02 | 161.42 | 158.50 | 129 |
| 1912 | 119.59 | 103.83 | 10107 | 108.40 | 90 |
| 1913 | 107.97 | 117.56 | 112.11 | 112.90 | 105 |
| 1914 | 108.47 | 118.31 | 127.64 | 117.21 | 104 |
| 1915 | 137.78 | 120.98 | 152.15 | 133.981 | 112J |
* For Tables of Infantile Mortality, see Tables XIV., XV., XVI. and XVII., pages
57.60.
t The 628 deaths of infants under one year of age include deaths in outlying institutions
and allow for deductions of non.residents.
The actual deaths inside the Borough without deducting non.residents and not,
including deaths occurring in outlying institutions were 584—155 Poplar, 316 Bromley
and 113 Bow.
** See Health Visitor's Report (page 195). Mortality rate among infants visited
was 117 per 1,000. The infants visited are for the most part in the poorest portions
of the Borough, and the rate refers to those born in 1914. In 1910 and 1911 the rates
were 105.69 and 115.62, because diarrhoea was prevalent in 1911.
J In the County of London during the year 1915 there were 101,649 children born.*
of whom 11,369 died under one year of age.* "The rate in 1910 was only 103 per 1,000
births. This is the lowest London rate recorded, and is 29 per 1,000 below the average
in the preceding 10 years.".—Registrar.General. The rate for the County of London
was even lower in 1912, being only 90 per 1,000 births.
The infantile mortality rate is based on deaths occurring in any one year and births
occurring in that and the preceding year. The rate of mortality amongst infants visited
by Health Visitors is calculated upon births occurring in one particular year and deaths
in that and the following year. The children born in 1910 and dying during 1910.11
are shown in the rate for 1910, so that the diarrhoea months June, July, August and
September of 1911 affected not only the children bom in 1911, but also those born in
1910 who had not yet reached one year of age, hence the higher rates amongst infants
visited during the Uo years 1910 and 1911.
1908 Mortality rates amongst infants visited .. 104.19
1909 „ „ „ 98.75
1910 „ „ „ 105.69
1911 „ „ „ 115.62
1912 „ „ „ 90.10
1913 „ „ „ 83.20
1914 „ „ „ 117.00
*Children born in 1914 were 109,667 and 11,395 died under one year of age.