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Poplar 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE XIV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.W hole B orough.Infantile Mortality during the Year1915.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under OneYear of Age.

TABLE XIV.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

W hole B orough.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1915.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One

Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 46).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 causesCertifiedIll21151516211612812597628
Uncertified...........................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles...............1...71220
Scarlet Fever...........................
Whooping Cough.........1186121037
Diphtheria and Croup...........................33
Erysipelas...............1...214
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................44210
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1...1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............32128
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............343212
Convulsions2.........2163I13
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis2......3511127944
Pneumonia (all forms)............813182160
Diarrhœa1...1251525281588
Enteritis......1231198334
Gastritis...............1...1...2
Syphilis1......12...1......3
Rickets.....................1...1
Suffocation, overlying2.........2133...9
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis10...2i131.........14
Congenital Malformations831214332123
Premature birth6077276101......87
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus19911302932179117
Other Causes6129968638
Total Deaths11121151516211612812597628

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 4,599*
Illegitimate 88*
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 599
Illegitimate infants 29
* See pages 4-6.