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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 1919
Annual report for the year 1919 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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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 320 | 8 | 109 | 168 | 20 | 15 | ... | ... | 93 | 128 | 99 | 320 | 80 | 117 | 92 | *289 |
| Erysipelas | 128 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 40 | 47 | 41 | 128 | 18 | 17 | 17 | †52 |
| Scarlet Fever | 370 | 10 | 96 | 238 | 19 | 7 | ... | ... | 112 | 162 | 96 | 370 | 100 | 149 | 88 | ‡337 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 23 | ... | 2 | 13 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | ¶18 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| "Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 13 | 1 | ... | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | §16 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | **12 |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ... | 1 | ††1 | |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ††2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 61 | 61 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 29 | 5 | 61 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 579 | ... | 13 | 92 | 117 | 262 | 88 | 7 | 226 | 202 | 151 | 579 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 257 | 2 | 49 | 166 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 102 | 55 | 257 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 656 | 164 | 342 | 60 | 9 | 37 | 21 | 23 | 239 | 365 | 52 | 653 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ||1 |
| Measles | 438 | 24 | 205 | 202 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 211 | 193 | 34 | 438 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| German Measles | 54 | ... | 27 | 21 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 21 | 25 | 8 | 54 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 235 | ... | 33 | 22 | 43 | 70 | 41 | 21 | 92 | 104 | 39 | 235 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 16 | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 3194 | 285 | 891 | 1002 | 268 | 478 | 186 | 84 | 1194 | 1394 | 606 | 3194 | 223 | 308 | 208 | 739 |
* See page 66. † See page 62
** See page 70.
‡ See page 63.
†† See page 71.
¶ See page C4. § See page 61.
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