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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 XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley 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 causesCertified378986232402317174
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough...............1...236
Diphtheria and Croup..................1...34
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...12
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................3...14
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11...1......2
Convulsions3...1...4...2......6
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...21...3383118
Pneumonia (all forms)...11134610...26
Diarrhoea...............232...7
Enteritis...............23......5
Gastritis...............211...4
Syphilis..............................
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying...............1.........1
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations11114...1......5
Premature birth27453397.........46
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus4......15672121
Other Causes1......12333112
Total Deaths378986232402317174

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 2,244
Illegitimate 50
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 159
Illegitimate infants 15