London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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140
Cases Notified and Visited.
Number of notifications received 42
Very slight cases 29
Died in Institutions (intercurrent disease)
Sight of one eye damaged —
Recovered 42
Occurred in Institutions 1
Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners 4
Occurred in the practice of midwives 37
Admitted to hospital as in-patients 4
Treated as hospital out-patients 4
Treated privately 34
Visited by nurse 14
ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
Notifiable June—September.
(Whole Borough).
Notifications received 117
Under 1 year (see feeding below) 51
1 to 2 years 29
2 to 3 years 16
3 to 4 years 10
4 to 5 years 11
Died before notification received 5
Visited 112
Admitted to, or occurred in, hospitals 14