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Poplar 1923

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

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notifications.
There were 1,529 notifications of cases of infectious diseases, excluding
58 second notifications and 89 cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed.
The notification rate was 9.2 as against 4.7, 5.7, 13.8, 12.9
and 6.6 for the preceding five years
Number of Cases Occurring in Institutions.

Table: Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the Borough were as follows:—

Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the Borough were as follows:—

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Smallpox.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms).Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Smallpox.Puerpera Fever.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms).
Poplar Institution1211........551**1*......1*2*
St. Andrew's Hospital1..............1............1*
Bow Institution1..............1..............
Bromley House Institution11..............1*..........
Langley House, 54, East India Dock Road9....1........1....1**......1*
Poplar Hospital................................

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Admitted into St. Andrew's Hospital. ** Removed to M.A.B. Hospitals.
Infectious Diseases in Milkshops and Home workers' Premises.
One ease of infectious disease (measles) was connected with a milk-
shop.