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Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III. Infantile Mortality. 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. | How and Bromley | Whole Borough | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Nervous System | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inflammation of the Stomach | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 |
| Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Congenital malformations | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Sclerema | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Icterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Premature Birth | 21 | — | — | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Disease of Umbilicus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Suffocation—in bed or not stated how | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other causes | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 |
| All causes | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 25 | 46 | 23 | 85 | 68 | 153 | 45 | 53 | 22 | 33 |
Live Births {Legitimate 2,060* Nett Deaths {Legitimate 142*
in the year {Illegitimate 50* in the year {Illegitimate 11*
*Registrar—General's figures.
Neo—Natal Death Rate.
| 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | Average 1931— 1935. | 1936. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett Births | 2,739 | 2,616 | 2,295 | 2,267 | 2,215 | 2,426 | 2,110 |
| Registrar—General) Deaths under 1 month | 74 | 65 | 67 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 39 |
| Neo—Natal death rate per 1,000 nett Births | 27.0 | 24.8 | 29.2 | 19.0 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 18.5 |