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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 1917

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

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Table: TABLE XVII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Bow Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1917.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XVII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Bow Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1917.

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 causesCertified14425251217121480
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................224
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough........................11
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1...1
Convulsions11......213219
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............13138
Pneumonia (all forms).........111...215
Diarrhœa..................3227
Enteritis1.........133...29
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1.........111......3
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis...........................
Congenital Malformations61...181.........9
Premature birth22127............7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.........1121217
Other Causes3...1...423......9
Total Deaths14425251217121480