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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 1920

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

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Table: TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920.

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

Causes of Death (see page 27).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 causesCertified395976037211421153
Uncertified
Small Fox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough......1...11......24
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................33
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1124
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...12
Convulsions......21311......5
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1113413213
Pneumonia (all forms)...............445619
Diarrhoea..................23...5
Enteritis...............541...12
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at birth...........................
Atelectasis3.........3............3
Congenital Malformations1.........161......8
Premature birth19232265.........31
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus102221675......28
Other Causes6......1731...213
Total Deaths395976037211421153

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 1,774
Illegitimate 67
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 138
Illegitimate infants 15