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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 1915

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

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Table: TABLE XVI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. B romley Sub- D istrict.Infantile Mortality during the Year1915.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XVI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. B romley Sub- D istrict.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1915.

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

Causes of Death (see pages 46).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified459876941504734241
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................44
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................3419
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1225
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............11114
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............12......3
Convulsions1.........1...2...14
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........11583219
Pneumonia (all forms)...............4881232
Diarrhœa.........22479527
Enteritis.........11252111
Gastritis.....................1...1
Syphilis.........11............1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1.........1......1...3
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis6...118............8
Congenital Malformations11...l31......16
Premature birth2235...304.........34
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus115......1613811149
Other Causes3...2...5525219
Total Deaths459876941504734241

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 1,957*
Illegitimate 35*
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 229
Illegitimate infants 12
* See pages 4-6.