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Poplar 1917

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

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Table: TABLE XIV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Whole Borough.Infantile Mortality during the Year1917.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XIV.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Whole Borough.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1917.

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

Causes of Death (see page 37).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 causesCertified7215151511756804653352
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................812
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough...............31...26
Diphtheria and Croup........................12
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................11...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................2...2
Convulsions112...4263217
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......1124145631
Pneumonia (all forms)...1...3448121240
Diarrhoea1.........151361136
Enteritisl.........1862219
Gastritis...............1......12
Syphilis..............................
Rickets.....................112
Suffocation, overlying211...432......9
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis3...317............7
CongenitalMalformations82...11115......17
Premature birth37343472.........49
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus45261718186261
Other Causes1522...19563336
Total Deaths7215151511756804653352
Nett Births in the year(Legitimate3,648 95Nett theDeaths yearofLegitimate infants Illegitimate infants324 28
ear 1 Illegitimate

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* See page 6.