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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 XVI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1922.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 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 causesCertified1373225128131573
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................44
Scarlet Fever.....................1...1
Whooping Cough...............2...327
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11
Convulsions...1......1............1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......112......215
Pneumonia (all forms)...1......1233211
Diarrhœa..................1......1
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............1.........1
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations31......412......7
Premature birth8321141.........15
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1.........12...216
Other Causes...1......1322210
Total Deaths1373225128131573

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 930
Illegitimate 12
Nett Deaths
in the year
Legitimate infants 71
Illegitimate infants 2