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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Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 5 | 4 | _ | 9 |
Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich | 1 | — | — | 1 |
6 | 4 | — | 10 |
Errors of Diagnosis.
Four cases removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals were
certified to be not suffering from typhoid fever.
Deaths.
No patients died from typhoid fever.
Bacteriological Examinations of Doubtful Cases.
Three specimens of blood from doubtful cases of typhoid fever was
forwarded to the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. The typhoid
(Widal) reaction was obtained in one instance.