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Poplar 1922

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

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Table: ERYSIPELAS. 69 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year; 20 Poplar, 31 Bromley, and i8 Bow. 32 patients were isolated as follows:—

ERYSIPELAS. 69 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year; 20 Poplar, 31 Bromley, and i8 Bow. 32 patients were isolated as follows:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals.
St. Andrew's Hospital914730
London Hospital—112
915832

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Five deaths occurred—1 Poplar, 2 Bromley, and 2 Bow.

Table: SCARLET FEVER. The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past five years were as follows :—

SCARLET FEVER. The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past five years were as follows :—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
1918Cases notified ..978252231
Deaths—2-2
1019Cases notified ..11216296370
Deaths-4-4
1920Cases notified ..4806103041,400
Deaths66214
1C21Cases notified ..5715273251,423
Deaths-7613
1922Cases notified ..111181123415
Deaths .. ...1427

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103 cases in Poplar (Sub-District) were removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals, 173 in Bromley and 119 in Bow, 395
patients out of a total of 415 notified cases in the Borough were
isolated.