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Poplar 1929

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

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Table: The following table gives the classification of the latter, according to organ or part affected (vide International Manual of Causes of Death).

The following table gives the classification of the latter, according to organ or part affected (vide International Manual of Causes of Death).

Heading in International Manual.Part affected.Number of Deaths.
32Central Nervous System10
33Intestines and peritoneum4
34Vertebral column—
35Joints2
36Other organs:—
(a) Skin and subcutaneous tissues—
(b) Bones (vertebral column excepted)1
(c) Lymphatic glands (abdominal glands excepted)_
(d) Genito-urinary system3
(e) Other sites—
37Disseminated tuberculosis:—
(a) Acute1
(b) Chronic or unstated4
25

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HOP-PICKERS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
During the year, the Council were asked by some of the Authorities
in the hop fields to accept responsibility for any case of infectious disease
occurring amongst hop-pickers from the Borough, including the removal
of the cases back to London.
This question had also been considered by the London County Council,
who had resolved:—
"That, in the opinion of the Council, it is undesirable that
London Public Health Authorities should accept responsibility for
cases of infectious disease occurring amongst persons who go to
districts outside London for hop-picking."
The Council informed the Authorities that they could not accept
responsibility for cases of infectious disease occurring amongst persons
who go to districts outside London for hop-picking.