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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Bacteriological Examinations.
490 swabbings from throats of doubtful cases of diphtheria were
forwarded for bacteriological examination to the Lister Institute of
Preventive Medicine. The bacillus diphtheriæ was isolated in 103
instances (21.0 per cent.)
Errors in Diagnosis.
Sixty-three cases of diphtheria admitted into Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals were certified as not having the complaint,
15 Poplar, 24 Bromley and 24 Bow.
No deductions have been made in respect of these patients.
Poplar | . Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 209 | 274 | 115 | 598 |
St. Andrew's Hospital | 5 | 11 | — | 16 |
London Hospital | — | 1 | — | 1 |
East London Hospital | — | 1 | — | 1 |
214 | 287 | 115 | 616 |
The Diphtheria Anti-Toxin (London) Order, 1910.
Thirty-eight thousand units of diphtheria anti-toxin were supplied
to medical practitioners during the year.
WHOOPING COUGH. Deaths.
Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 61 |
1919 | 12 | 12 | — | 24 |
1920 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 |
1921 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
1922 | 12 | 56 | 20 | 88 |