Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.
Infantile Mortality.
v Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One
Year of Age.
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.
No. of
Deaths
in each
Quarter.
Poplar.
Bow ana
Bromley
Whole,
Borough
1
2
3
4
We.
bjV
1
2
R
7
2
9
5
4
i
1
1
1
4
4
1
3
wla ••
. --T
tb7(t„ °sis of Nervous
ss ■■ ••
^ntes-
.V and Peritoneum
Si\ ^ Uberculous
'• ••
hV Eiti
fi H s ..
2
9,
1
3
3
1
'/
° via •• ••
—
—
—
4
7
7
3
11
10
21
6
5
2
8
S u'Ua ..
A>piratory
—
—
1
—
1
10
8
9
6
16
18
34
I!)
3
2
10
kSth
tl0n °f t^ie
R,ch ••
and
it1!* *
3
7
4
4
12
R
18
4
1
5
8
Intestinal Ob-
tK10? • •
'al malforma-
V •
3
1
]
5
2
3
3
7
10
3
1
2
4
s lL''il Debility and
fK>a .. ..
1
1
1
1
1
A>re Birth
1!)
1
90
1
13
8
21
5
3
S
5
Birth
3
1
4
3
1
4
3
1
jiiHt Umbilicus ..
XtT8 •• ••
5
—
1
G
4
2
fi
3
1
2
JhH on—in bed or
\Vtated how
xx"aUses
1
1
2
—
4
1
1
2
1
4
o
9
.1
2
4
2
\^®auses..
33
4
5
1
43
21
30
25
21
77
63
140
4S
21
28
43
I ve Births/Legitimate .. 2,209* Nett Deaths / Legitimate .. .. 137*
'he year ^Illegitimate .. 58* in the year ^Illegitimate .. .. 3*
*Registrar-General's figures.
Neo-Natal Death Rate.
^*®tt Births
j)' Registrar-General)
1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
Average
19291933.
1934.
3,064
3,056
2,739
2,616
2,295
2,754
2,267
6aths under 1 month..
92
71
74
65
67
74
43
<,0-Natal death rate per
1 >000 nett Births
30.0
23.2
27.0
24.8
29.2
26.8
19.0