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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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| Disease. | Cases Notified. | L.C.C. Fever Hospitals. | Other L.C.C. Institutions. | Voluntary Hospitals, etc. | Total Removals. | Percentage of eases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 140 | 140 | - | - | 140 | 100. |
| Chickenpox | 623 | 36 | 9 | - | 45 | 7.2 |
| Diphtheria | 484 | 480* | 2 | - | 482 | 99.6 |
| Erysipelas | 92 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 34.8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 842 | 837† | - | —- | 837 | 99.4 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 100. |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 100. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 91.7 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 100. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 100. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 34.8 |
| Pneumonia (Primary) Pneumonia (Influenzal) | 368 | - | 147 | 7 | 154 | 41.8 |
| Pneumonia (Influenzal) | 69 | - | 12 | 1 | 13 | 18.8 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 44 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6.8 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 100. |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 100. |
| Totals | 2,732 | 1,513 | 222 | 24 | 1,759 | 64.S |
N.B.—Cases reported to bo "not suffering" etc., have been excluded from
above table.
*Includes 1 to London Fever Hospital.
†lncludes 2 to London Fever Hospital.
| Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever | Enteric Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | 484 | 842 | 4 |
| Deaths | 18 | 6 | o† |
| Fatality Rate | 3.7 | 0.7 | - |
‡1 non-notified case not shown. (Patient was an inmate of a
mental hospital situate outside London.)