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Poplar 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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TABLE VIII.
POPLAR.
Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions
to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths, during the year 1896
(53 weeks) ended 2nd January, 1897, excluding non-Parishioners
and including deaths in outlying Institutions. Also the number
of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of
Diseases and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths
Also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
| Estimated Population | 57,829 | ||
| Deaths from all causes | 1251 | ||
| Division I. (Adults.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of population. | Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths. |
| 1. Seven principal Zymotic Diseases | 213 | 3.68 | 170.2 |
| 2. Respiratory (other than Phthisis) | 232 | 4.00 | 185.4 |
| 3. Tubercular Diseases | 153 | 2.64 | 122.3 |
| Division II. (Infants under one year.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Births. (Births 2031) | Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under one year. (361) |
| 4. Wasting Diseases of Infants | 114 | 56.13 | 315.7 |
| 5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 30 | 14.77 | 83.1 |
NOTE.
1. Includes Small Pox, Chicken Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping
Cough, Fever, Diphtheria and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, 112; Scrofula and Tuberculosis, 24; Rickets, 2; and
Tabes Mesenterica, 15.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility, 71; Want of Breast Milk, 5; and
Premature Birth, 38.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, 0; Infantile, 5, and Tubercular Meningitis, 4;
Convulsions, 10; and Teething, 11,