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Poplar 1917

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

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Table: TABLE XV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Poplar Sub-DistrictInfantile Mortality during the Year1917.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 Year1917.

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

Causes of Death (see page 3 .Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks. 1Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 monthsNett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified286464426271016123
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................4
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............1.........1
Diphtheria and Croup.....................1...1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1...1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............131...5
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............26......8
Pneumonia (all forms)...............224515 1 o
Diarrhoea...............161513
Enteritis...............5......15
Gastritis Syphilis...............1......l...
Rickets.....................l...1
Suffocation, overlying1.........21l......4
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........3............3
Congenital Malformations11......2...3......5
Premature birth Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus12 41 22...13 122 96l115 28
Other Causes91......101......112
Total Deaths286464426271016123