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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number or Visits by Medical Staff.
| Reason for Visit | Smallpox or Doubtful Smallpox. | Chickenpox. | Smallpox Contacts. | School exclusions. | Miscellaneous. | Total visits by medical staff. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | S.P. | C.P. | Not S.P. or C.P. | S.P. | C.P. | Not C.P. or S.P. | ||||
| Medical Officer of Health. | 15 | 26 | 3 | 453 | 15 | 160 (c) | 174 (f) | 73 | 974 | |
| — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Assistant M.O.H. and Tuberculosis Officer | (a) 37 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 192 | 4 | 99 (d) | 61 (g) | 30 | 444 |
| (b) — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Assistant M.O.H. and Assistant Tuberculosis Officer | (a) 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 15 (e) | 30 | 8 | 132 |
| (6) - | — | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | ||
| Total | 1,552 | |||||||||
Notes, (a) Poplar residents.
(6) Non-residents seen at Poplar Hospital.
(c) 50 persons found to be suffering from Smallpox.
(<*) 31 ,,
(«) 6
(/) 9
(?) 5
(Note.—A large number of Smallpox Suspects among contacts were seen by the Medical Officer of Health and the Tuberculosis
Officer jointly, and therefore the number of persons found to be suffering from Smallpox is greatly overstated,