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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of 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 | (a) 22 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 212 | 10 | 96 (c) | 83 (f) | 66 | 526 |
| (b) — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Assistant M.O.H. and Tuberculosis Officer | (a) 29 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 175 | 15 | 56 (d) | 73 | 57 | 433 |
| (b) — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Assistant M.O.H. and Assistant Tuberculosis Officer | (a) 7 | 2 | 6 | — | 37 | 3 | 7 (e) | 14 | 17 | 93 |
| (b) — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 1,053 | |||||||||
| Notes. (a) Poplar residents. | ||||||||||
| (b) Non-residents seen at Poplar Hospital. | ||||||||||
| (c) 46 persons found to be suffering from Smallpox. | ||||||||||
| (d) 25 ,, ,, ,, „ | ||||||||||
| (e) 1 ,, ,, ,, „ | ||||||||||
| (f) 1 ,, ,, ,, „ | ||||||||||
| Note.—A large number of visits were made by the Medical Officer of Health and the Tuberculosis Officer jointly. | ||||||||||