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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 XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District Infantile Mortality during the Year 1921. 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 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 1year.
All causesCertified287654629321925151
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................246
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1...23
Diphtheria and Croup........................22
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1...1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...12
Convulsions...........................2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............33118
Pneumonia (all forms)...............566623
Diarrhoea...............194...16
Enteritis...............552215
Gastritis.....................1...1
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations21......31...116
Premature birth161122021......23
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus633914831329
Other Causes2211642...113
Total Deaths287654629321925151

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Nett Births Legitimate 1,533 Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 143
in the year Illegitimate 39 in the year of Illegitimate infants 8