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Poplar 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
The Borough.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1924.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months tinder One
Year of Age.
| Causes of Death | 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bow and Bromley | Whole Borough | |||||||||||
| All causes | Certified | 65 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 103 | 30 | 43 | 44 | 57 | 145 | 132 | 277 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | _ | 3 | |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bronchitis | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 26 | 57 | |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Enteritis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 22 | |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Syphilid | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Injury at birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Premature birth | 50 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 34 | 73 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Other Causes | 7 | — | 2 | — | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| Total Deaths | 65 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 103 | 30 | 43 | 44 | 57 | 145 | 132 | 277 | |
Nett Births Legitimate 3,737
in the year IIIegitimate 94
Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 269
in the year of .Illegitimate infants 8