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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFANT MORTALITY.*
Infantile Mortality; Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Infantile Mortality.
The death rates of children under one year per 1,000 births for the past 14 years being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 118.49 | 126.50 | 119.36 | 123.83 | 113 |
| 1909 | 128.92 | 132.86 | 128.32 | 130.40 | 108 |
| 1910 | 114.79 | 119.81 | 125.31 | 119.38 | 103 |
| 1911 | 157.02 | 158.02 | 161.42 | 158.50 | 129 |
| 1912 | 119.59 | 103.83 | 101.07 | 108.40 | 90 |
| 1913 | 107.97 | 117.56 | 112.11 | 112.90 | 105 |
| 1914 | 108.47 | 118.31 | 127.64 | 117.21 | 104 |
| 1915 | 137.78 | 120.98 | 152.15 | 133.98 | 112 |
| 1916 | 104.12 | 111.11 | 90.90 | 103.89 | 89 |
| 1917 | 94.61 | 97 19 | 92.27 | 95.13 | 103 |
| 1918 | 112.87 | 106.20 | 101.09 | 107.39 | 107 |
| 1919 | 82.75 | 80.78 | 87.86 | 83.05 | 85 |
| 1920 | 83.10 | 75.85 | 90.77 | 81.91 | 75 |
| 1921 | 96.05 | 70.39 | 88.03 | 83.511 | 80 |
* For Tables of Infantile Mortality, see Tables XIII., XIV., XV. and XVI.,
pages 37—40.
† The 374 deaths of infants under one year of age include deaths in outlying institutions
and allow for deductions of non-residents.
** See Health Visitor's Report (page 104). Mortality rate among infants visited
was 48.1 per 1,000. The infants visited are for the most part in the poorest portions
of the Borough, and the rate refers to those born in 1920. In 1910 and 1911 the rates
were 105.69 and 115.62, because diarrhoea was prevalent in 1911.
The infantile mortality rate is based on deaths occurring in any one year and births
occurring in that and the preceding year The rate of mortality amongst infants visited
by Health Visitors is calculated upon births occurring in one particular year and deaths
in that and the following year. The children born in 1910 and dying during 1910-11
are shown in the rate for 1910, so that the diarrhœa months June, July, August and
September of 1911 affected not only the children born in 1911, but also those born in
1910 who had not yet reached one year of age, hence the higher rates amongst infants
visited during the two years 1910 and 1911.
1908 Mortality rates amongst infants visited 104.19
1909 „ „ „ 98.75
1910 „ „ 105.69
1911 „ „ „ 115.62
1912 „ „ .. 90.10
1913 „ „ „ 83.0
1914 „ „ „ 117.00
1915 " 78.07
1916 „ „ 78.07
1917 „ „ „ 79.2
1918 „ „ „ 67.9
1919 „ „ ,, 69.0
1920 „ .. 48.1