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Poplar 1929

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

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Table: Cases of the Commoner Infectious Diseases Occurring in Institutions.(This Table does not include cases admitted with the disease.)

Cases of the Commoner Infectious Diseases Occurring in Institutions.

(This Table does not include cases admitted with the disease.)

Notifications.Removals.
Smallpox.ChickenpoxDiphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Zymotic Enteritis.Smallpox.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Zymotic Enteritis.
Poplar Institution......*1....3....1*......
St. Andrew's Hospital212†2217§5182**20**..5**1**..
Bow Institution........1..........1**....
Bromley House Institution......2..................
Langley House, 54, East India Dock Road..........................
Poplar Hospital....1..........1**........

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* Admitted to St. Andrew's Hospital. ** Removed to M. A.B. Hospitals.
†6 Staff. §1 Staff.
Infectious Diseases in Milkshops and Homeworkers' Premises.
Two cases of infectious disease (1 Scarlet Fever and 1 Diphtheria)
occurred in families connected with the sale of milk. The sale of milk
was stopped until the premises were disinfected. The family contacts of
the diphtheria patient were all swabbed, with negative results.
One notice was served under Article 17 of the Milk and Dairies Order,
1926, where a person engaged in the milk trade had been a contact of a
case of infectious disease.
14 cases of infectious disease occurred in homeworkers' premises—
1 smallpox, 5 diphtheria, 6 scarlet fever, 1 erysipelas and 1 enteric fever.