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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 XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1921. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow 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.2-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified20485371616101392
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough..................1124
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................1...
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................111...
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............11215
Pneumonia (all forms)...............22...37
Diarrhoea...............1...1...2
Enteritis............5314215
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis............1............1
Rickets.....................1...1
Suffocation, overlying............11.........2
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations22......622......10
Premature birth13...321831...1...
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1......1235......10
Other Causes2...1...3...2......5
Total Deaths20485371616101392

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Nett Births
in the year
{Legitimate 1,035
Illegitimate 10
Nett Deaths
in the year
Legitimate infants 89
Illegitimate infants 3