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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table shows the visits paid by the Medical Staff to cases
of doubtful Smallpox, Chickenpox and Smallpox contacts. Several of
these visits represent visits paid to workplaces in order to examine contacts
of cases who had been at work in an infectious condition:—
Number of Visits by Medical Staff.
| Reason for Visit | Doubtful Smallpox. | Chickenpox. | Smallpox Contacts. | School exclusions. | Miscellaneous. | Total visits by medical staff. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | S.P. | C.P. | Not S.P. or C.P.* | S.P. | C.P. | Not C.P. or S.P. | ||||
| Medical Officer of Health | 16 | 68 | 8 | 585 | 31 | 453 (c) | 140 | 194 | 1,558 | |
| (b) 11 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | |
| Tuberculosis Officer | 7 | 19 | 3 | 193 | 3 | 119 (d) | 22 | 18 | 406 | |
| (b) 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Assistant Tuberculosis Officer | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 137 |
| Total | 2,121 | |||||||||
Notes, (a) Poplar residents.
(b) Non-residents seen at Poplar Hospital.
(c) 47 persons found to be suffering from Smallpox.
(b) 7
*Details of conditions found are referred to on page 96.
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