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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 1922

[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 1922.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under OneYear of Age.

TABLE XIII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Whole Borough.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1922.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under OneYear 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 causesCertified8127141013248565558349
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles..................32712
Scarlet Fever.....................1...1
Whooping Cough.........11357420
Diphtheria and Croup.........11.........12
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................22
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...1......1...11...3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................3126
Convulsions23...16...11210
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis13116446929
Pneumonia (all forms)...12141014202068
Diarrhœa.........11222...7
Enteritis...1......1722214
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying......1...111......3
Injury at birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis6.........6............6
Congenital Malformations125......17321...23
Premature birth458826353......71
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1212217784137
Other Causes24......6677834
Total Deaths8127141013248565558349

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 4,323*
Illegitimate 96*
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 338
Illegitimate infants 11
Medical Officer of Health's figures—Legitimate, 4,323; Illegitimate, 94; total, 4,417.
* Registrar-General.