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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption.
Number of Notifications (actual cases) received from the Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption during the period from 1st January, 1917, to 30th December, 1917 :—
Poplar (Whole Borough).
Notifications on Form A.
Number of Notifications.
| Age Periods. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Notifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
| Males | — | 6 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 143 |
| Females | — | 3 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 4 | — | 147 |
| Non-pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | 8 | 35 | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 55 |
| Females | — | 14 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 61 |
| Totals | 1 | 31 | 103 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 79 | 66 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 406 |