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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII. Notifiable diseases during the Year. (52 Weeks ended 2nd January, 1932.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Bobough. | Total cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in Age-Periods. | Total deaths in each Sub-District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley | Total Cases Removed . | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | |||
| Smallpox | 101 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 7 | _ | 52 | 49 | 52 | 49 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chickenpox | 1103 | 59 | 77 | 66 | 118 | 134 | 542 | 81 | 15 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 651 | 452 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 330 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 48 | 38 | 125 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | 216 | 114 | 215 | 113 | 328 | 11† | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 |
| Erysiipelas | 99 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 21 | 44 | 55 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 537 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 58 | 218 | 102 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 2 | — | 263 | 274 | 257 | 269 | 526 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | _ | — | —_ | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | _ | _ | - | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Contunued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | 11 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | — | 8 | 15 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | —• | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 4† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 81 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| Anthrax | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 578 | 112 | 83 | 50 | 32 | 16 | 46 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 42 | 86 | 41 | 345 | 233 | 113 | 94 | 207 | 170 | 44 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 32 | 96 | 74 |
| „ Acute Influenzal | 25 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1† | — | — | 1† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 2952 | 2(52 | 220 | 174 | 250 | 251 | 966 | 255 | 98 | 173 | 92 | 145 | 66 | 1683 | 1269 | 716 | 610 | 1326 | 236 | 70 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 36 | 126 | 110 |
This table does not include cases in which original diagnosis was not confirmed,
N.M.deaths from Acute Primary Pneumonia are of notified patients only.
* Notifiable 1st June to 30th September, but the number of deaths relates to the whole year.
† Icludes 1 non-notified case.