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. Bow Sub-District.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Sob-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) | 169 | 7 | 53 | 82 | 14 | 12 | 1 | *166 | |
Erysipelas | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | †11 |
Scarlet Fever | 325 | 1 | 72 | 223 | 23 | 6 | ... | ... | ‡302 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | §5 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | **2 |
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ††1 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 87 | ... | 1 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 18 | 2 | ... |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 17 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | |
Zymotic Enteritis | 35 | 17 | 15 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 85 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 8 | ... |
Malaria. | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 759 | 39 | 160 | 344 | 72 | 86 | 46 | 12 | 492 |
* See page 63. † See page 60. ‡ See page 60. ¶ See page 61.
** See page 67. †† See page 67.
§ See page 59.