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Poplar 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
| AREA. | 2,136 acres | |||
| POPULATION. | Census 1931 | 155,089 | ||
| (The Registrar-General's estimate for 1942 is not to be published.) | ||||
| LIVE BIRTHS. | ||||
| Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Legitimate | 969 | 514 | 455 | Birth rate above the 5 years average (16.0) |
| Illegitimate | 46 | 23 | 23 | |
| 1015 | 537 | 473 | ||
| STILL BIRTHS. | Total | Males. | Females. | |
| 23 | 16 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 total births 22.2 (26.8) | |
| DEATHS. | Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| 833 | 481 | 358 | Death rate above the 5 years average (14.5) | |
| DEATHS FROM. PUERPERAL CAUSES. | ||||
| Puerperal sepsis 3) | Rate per 1,000 total births 4.88 (1.79) | |||
| Other maternal causes 2) | ||||
| (Two of tho three deaths from puerperal sepsis were of evacuees and occurred outside the Borough.) | ||||
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE.
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All infants per 1,000 live births 34 (49)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 35
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 22
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS AT ALL AGES.
The causes of deaths, classified by the RegistrarGeneral
are as follows typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 0; cerebrospinal
fever 2; scarlet fever 0; whooping cough 2; diphtheria 2;
tuberculosis of respiratory system 70; other forms of tuberculosis 4;
syphilitic diseases 8; influenza 2; measles 0; acute poliomyelitis and
polioencephalitis 0; acute infectious encephalitis 0; cancer of
(a) buccal cavity ana oesophagus 13; (b) uterus 8; (c) stomach and
duodenum 20; (d) breast 9; (e) all other sites 86; diabetes 6;
intracranial vascular lesions 64; heart disease 2111 other diseases
of the circulatory system 36; bronchitis 76; pneumonia 52; other
respiratory diseases 9; ulcer of stomach or duodenum 14; diarrhoea (under
2 years of ago) 1; appendicitis 4; other digestive diseases 20;
nephritis 15; puerperal and post-abortive sepsis 3; other maternal
causes 2; premature birth 5; congenital malformationss, birth injury
and infantile diseases 13; suicide 4; read traffic accidents 3; other
violent causes 27; all other causes 42. TOTAL DEATHS AT ALL AGES 833.