Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR, Bromley Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902.
Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Case Notified in Whole Parish. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 05. | 65 and upw'ds | |||
Small-pox | 232 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 78 | 92 | 230 | |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 228 | 8 | 84 | 107 | 16 | 13 | ... | 143 |
Membranous croup | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 66 | 2 | 5 | 8 | "7 | 32 | 12 | ... |
Scarlet fever | 341 | 9 | 131 | 170 | 17 | 14 | ... | 219 |
Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric fever | 83 | ... | io | 22 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 57* |
Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken pox | 390 | 56 | 183 | 141 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... |
Totals | 1346 | 84 | 435 | 482 | 151 | 180 | 14 | 649 |
* See page 47.
TABLE XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Parish.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified is Whole District. | No.of cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65 | 65 and upw'ds. | |||
Small-pox | 194 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 62 | 83 | 1 | 191 |
Cholera | ||||||||
Diphtheria | 69 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 47 | |
Membranous croup | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Erysipelas | 43 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 3 | ||
Scarlet fever | 150 | 48 | 87 | 11 | 4 | 98 | ||
Typhus fever | ||||||||
Enteric fever | 49 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 30 | ||
Relapsing fever | ||||||||
Continued fever | ||||||||
Puerperal fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Plague | ||||||||
Chicken pox | 149 | 20 | 76 | 47 | 5 | 1 | ||
Totals | 660 | 25 | 166 | 220 | 106 | 139 | 4 | 372 |
* See page 47.