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 XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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. | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 273 | 6 | 108 | 139 | 12 | 7 | 1 | ... | 2671 |
Erysipelas | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 24† |
Scarlet Fever | 527 | 11 | 141 | 325 | 35 | 14 | 1 | ... | 488‡ |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3¶ |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 5§ |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 |
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3†† |
Polioencephalitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 163 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 82 | 27 | 2 | ... |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 48 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | ... | |
Zymotic Enteritis | 128 | 42 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ......... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 131 | 11 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 10 | ... |
Malaria | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 1,350 | 90 | 363 | 526 | 118 | 156 | 73 | 24 | 796 |
* See page 63. † See page 60 † See page 60. ¶ See page 61. § See page 59.
** See page 67. ft See page 67.