London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 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. | No. of Deaths in each Quarter. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bow and Bromley | Whole Borough | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis of Nervous System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Tuberculous\ Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Inflammation of the Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Congenital Debility and Sclerema | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | -_ | 1 | |
| cterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Premature Birth | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | - | |
| Disease of Umbilicus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Atelectasis | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | |
| Suffocation—in bed or not stated how | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Other causes | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | |
| All causes | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 60 | 42 | 102 | 47 | 18 | 20 | 17 | |
| Live Births Legitimate | 2,156* | Nett Deaths Legitimate | 97* | ||||||||||||||
| in the year Illegitimate | 59* | in the year Illegitimate | 6* | ||||||||||||||
| *Registrar-General's figures. | |||||||||||||||||
| Neo-Natal Death Rate. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | Average 1930-1934. | 1935. | |||||||||||
| Nett Births | 3,056 | 2,739 | 2,616 | 2,295 | 2,267 | 2,599 | 2,215 | ||||||||||
| (Registrar-General) Deaths under 1 month | 71 | 74 | 65 | 67 | 43 | 64 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Neo-Natal death rate per 1,000 nett Births | 23.2 | 27.0 | 24.8 | 29.2 | 19.0 | 24.7 | 23.5 | ||||||||||