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Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIIa.
Notifiable diseases, cases and deaths by wards, 1934.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Borough. | Bow. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Whole. Borough. | Bow. | Bromley. | Poplar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| North. | West. | Cent. | South. | North-West. | North-East. | South-West. | South-East. | Cent. | North-West. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | North. | West. | Cent. | South. | North-West. | North-East. | South-West. | South-East. | Cent. | North-West. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | |||
| Smallpox | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chickenpox | 554 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 39 | 54 | 62 | 28 | 30 | 66 | 31 | 109 | 27 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 650 | 40 | 37 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 43 | 67 | 50 | 76 | 73 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 83 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 577 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 21 | 64 | 47 | 61 | 73 | 33 | 32 | 42 | 31 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | §3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 511 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 41 | 65 | 33 | 50 | 36 | 44 | 46 | †81 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| „ Acute Influenzal | 23 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | †8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | ‡1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2528 | 107 | 1ll | 92 | 134 | 149 | 176 | 277 | 193 | 250 | 265 | 182 | 246 | 184 | 162 | 152 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
*§†‡See notes at foot of Table VII.