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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London Notification of Glanders Order, 1907.
No notice was received from the Veterinary Inspector of the London
County Council of the existence of glanders at premises in the Borough.
ERYSIPELAS.
110 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year. Five deaths
occurred.
PUERPERAL FEVER, ETC.
Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia)
Regulations, 1926.
The Consulting Obstetrician appointed under the above Regulations,
Dr. Malcolm Donaldson, was not called upon to visit any case of Puerperal
Fever or Puerperal Pyrexia during the year.
The following is a summary of the notifications, etc., during the year:—
Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | |
---|---|---|
Cases notified | 10 | 7 |
Removed to L .C .C. Fever Hospitals | 7 | 3 |
Treated in other Hospitals | 2 | 4 |
Treated at home | 1 | — |
Specialist called in | — | — |
Deaths | 4 | — |
CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVERS.
No case of continued fever occurred. No case of typhus fever
occurred.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
4 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified, and the patients were
removed to hospital. All 4 cases terminated fatally.