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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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BOW.
| No. | Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. | Date of Admission. | Report from Hospital. | Date returned home from Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diphtheria | 1916. Jan. 22nd | Not suffering | 1916. |
| 2 | Do | Mar. 18th | Scarlet Fever as well as Diphtheria | July 24th |
| 3 | Do | May 15th | Scarlet Fever, not Diphtheria | June 16th |
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | April 3rd | Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever | June 16th |
| 5 | Enteric Fever | June 28th | Not suffering | July 25th |
| 6 | Scarlet Fever | July 8th | Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever | Oct. 3rd |
| 7 | Do. | Sept. 26th | Not suffering | Oct. 6th |
| 8 | Do. | Sept. 26th | Do. | Oct. 6th |
| 9 | Diphtheria | Nov. 19 | Do. | Dec. 2nd |
1.—Returned to Queen's Hospital (no date).
The" corrected number of notifications would be—
Poplar 319 — 6 = 313 or 5.80 per 1000 living.
Bromley 334 — 7 = 327 or 5.26 ,,
Bow 269 — 6 = 263 or 6.72 ,,
Borough of Poplar 922 — 19 = 903 or 581„
In the course of the year 1916 it will be seen no fewer than 19
patients or a percentage on the total admissions of 3.16 were, after
admission at the fever hospitals, found not to be suffering from the
diseases (notifiable) mentioned in the medical certificates upon which
they were removed to hospital. The percentage on the total (admission)
scarlet fever cases was 3.13, diphtheria cases 2.66 and enteric fever
cases 20.00.