[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough].

  • Poplar (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 TABLE III. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1933. 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whooping Cough - - - - - 1 - - 1 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 Diphtheria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Influenza - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 - - Tuberculosis of Intes- tines and Peritoneum - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other Tuberculosis - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 - Diseases - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Syphilis - - - - - 1 - - 2 1 2 3 1 1 I - Meningitis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bronchitis 1 - 1 - 2 4 2 1 - 5 4 9 3 1 2 3 Pneumonia - 1 1 - 2 3 5 3 2 9 6 15 8 - 4 3 Other Respiratory Diseases - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Inflammation of the stomach - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Diarrhœa and Enteritis - 1 1 - 2 2 2 3 1 3 7 10 3 1 3 3 Hernia, Intestinal Ob- struction - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2 2 - - - 2 Congenital malformations. 2 1 1 - 4 5 2 - 1 5 7 12 6 1 3 2 Congenital Debility and Selerema 2 - - - 2 - - - - 1 1 2 2 - - - Icterus 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - Premature at Birth 32 - 1 1 34 4 - - - 16 22 38 11 10 12 5 Injury at Birth 5 - - - 5 - - - - - 3 5 1 1 1 2 Diseases of Umbilicus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Atelectasis 7 - - - 7 - - - - 4 3 7 — 3 1 3 suffocation- in bed or not stated how - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - - Other causes 4 1 1 1 7 1 1 3 1 6 7 13 7 1 1 4 All causes 54 5 6 2 67 22 13 12 9 57 66 123 44 21 30 28 Live Birth Legitimate 2,236* Nett Deaths Legitimate 118* in the year Illegitimate 59* in the year lllegitimate 7* *Registrar-General's figures. Neo-Natal Death Rate. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. Average 1928 1932. 1933. Nett Birth (Registerar-General) Deaths under 1 month 3,228 3,064 3,056 2,739 2,616 2,941 2,295 76 92 71 74 65 76 67 Neo-Natal death rate per 1,000 nett Births 23.5 30.0 23.2 27.0 24.8 25.7 29.2