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Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
Notifiable diseases during the Year 1933. (52 Weeks.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | 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 | 140 | 2, | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 111 | 29 | 111 | 140 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Chikenpox | 623 | 17 | 44 | 41 | 60 | 76 | 301 | 57 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | - | 321 | 302 | 22 | 23 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diptheria(including Membranous Croup) | 484 | 6 | 1 1 | 36 | 48 | 47 | 198 | 93 | 20 | 19 | 6 | - | - | 203 | 281 | 203 | 279 | 482 | 19 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipeias | 92 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 48 | 44 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 842 | 4 | 26 | 65 | 85 | 87 | 330 | 144 | 45 | 44 | 12 | - | - | 433 | 409 | 432 | 405 | 837 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever (including Paratyphoid) | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1† | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2§ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| * Zymotic Enteritis | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 3 | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | 44 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7! | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 |
| Pneumonia, Acute primary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Influenzal | 368 | 19 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 60 | 42 | 69 | 35 | 210 | 158 | 78 | 76 | 154 | 79 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 45 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | 69 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 14 |
| Dysentry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 2732 | 87 | 128 | 175 | 218 | 224 | 898 | 345 | 137 | 235 | 96 | 132 | 57 | 1338 | 1394 | 825 | 934 | 1759 | 164 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 35 | 75 | 89 |
This table does not include cases in which the original diagnosis was not confirmed,
N.B.—The deaths from Pneumonia are of notified patients only.
* Notifiable 1st June to 30th September, but the number of deaths relates to the whole year. †Not a notified ease. § Includes 1 non-notified case.