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Poplar 1913

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

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Cases; School Cases; Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1912; Summary of Notifications Received; Total
Number of Notifications Received during year 1913; Actual
Number of Cases on Register, end of year 1913; Bacteriological
Examinations; Disinfection of Rooms and Articles,
see page 107; Streets with which Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
were Connected; Treatment of Tuberculosis; Conference
of Metropolitan Borough Councils with London
County Council; Late Brunswick Pier Hotel and Sanatoria
and Hospital Accommodation; Tuberculosis Dispensaries;
The Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of
Consumption; Appointment of Tuberculosis Officer as
Deputy Medical Officer of Health; The District Insurance
Committee (Poplar Borough); Deaths, Tubercular Diseases
and Phthisis—Numbers and Rates, see pages 17 and 18;
Tuberculosis Order, 1913, See Page 176; Milk and Dairies
Bill, see page 177.
Notifications.
Upon notification of a case of pulmonary tuberculosis under the
regulations, the premises are visited and a card is left containing instructions
to the patient and friends as to precautions to be taken by them. A
spitting cup and bottle are loaned where necessary. See Sanitary
Inspectors' and Miss Tattersall's reports (pages 216-252).

The total number of notifications received during the years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 (January only), under the various forms of "The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908," was as follows:— Poplar Sub-District.

A. Medical Officer, Poor Law Institution.B. Medical Officer, District.C. Superintending Officer, Poor Law Institution.D. Relieving Officer, District.Total.
190912581271234
191010441393187
191111247310190
191211447270188
19133397049
(January only)