London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1930

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Analysis of 25 non-notified cases who died (excluding the 5 transfers from other areas):—

Analysis of 25 non-notified cases who died (excluding the 5 transfers from other areas):—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Condition discovered by post-mortem exam
inations (including 6 "inward transfers")77
Other ' 'inward transfers'' (Hospitals, Mental
Hospitals, etc.)51
Certified by Medical Practitioners'in Borough:-
Coroner .3—
Institution1*1†
169

Text

Copy text to clipboard

* Resident of Aberdeen.
† Diagnosis not confirmed until after death. (Examination of cerebrospinal
fluid.)
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
During the year a registered dairyman was notified as suffering from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. He was examined by the Tuberculosis Officer,
and the diagnosis confirmed. The man voluntarily cancelled his
registration, removed to another district to relatives, and his business
was transferred to a son.