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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 1921

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

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Table: TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1921. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1921. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 26).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 causesCertified7517251613363704761374
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................257
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough..................2169
Diphtheria and Croup........................44
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............11125
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................314
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2125
Convulsions............3............3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1......1655522
Pneumonia (all forms)...............111271444
Diarrhoea...............2167530
Enteritis...2227111010947
Gastritis.....................2...2
Syphilis......2...2............2
Rickets.....................2...2
Suffocation, overlying......1...12.........3
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis3...1...4............4
Congenital Malformations843116523127
Premature birth454976592...177
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus104452312113352
Other Causes52311147...224
Total Deaths7517251613363704761374

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 4,401*
Illegitimate 80*
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 340
Illegitimate infants 28
Medical Officer of Health's figures—Legitimate, 4,390; Illegitimate, 79; total, 4,478
* Registrar-General.