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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 XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District Infantile Mortality during the Year 1922. 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 1922. 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 causesCertified3610635518272017137
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles..................1124
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1......1
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...1......1...11...3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2114
Convulsions...1......2...1115
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...2......2213412
Pneumonia (all forms).........11668526
Diarrhœa.........11211...5
Enteritis...............221...6
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..................1......1
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations41......52.........7
Premature birth204513011......32
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus9...1...10261...19
Other Causes21......3132211
Total Deaths3610635518272017137

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 1,551
Illegitimate 51
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 131
Illegitimate infants 6