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Poplar 1915

[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 Year1915.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 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 causesCertified328555035475039221
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................6612
Scarlet Fever........................
Whooping Cough..................14513
Diphtheria and Croup.....................11
Erysipelas...............1...2..3
Tuberculous Meningitis..................21...3
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1......12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1197
Convulsions1.........1112...5
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis2......24522518
Pneumonia (all forms)...............348621
Diarrhœa1.........151714643
Enteritis......1...112228
Gastritis...............1.........1
Syphilisi.........1...1......2
Rickets..................1...1
Suffocation, overlying...............121...4
Injury at birth....................................
Atelectasis2...............2............2
Congenital Malformations4...11621......9
Premature birth134212041......25
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus6311115102331
Other Causes21......3122210
Total Deaths328555035475039221

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 1,508*
Illegitimate 36*
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 210
Illegitimate infants 11
* See pages 4-6.