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Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Erysipelas.
83 cases of Erysipelas were notified during the year. Two deaths
occurred.
Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.
The Consulting Obstetrician appointed under the above Regulations,
Dr. Malcolm Donaldson, was called in to one case (Puerperal Pyrexia)
during the year. The patient was subsequently removed to the London
Hospital.
The following is a summary of the cases notified, etc., during the year:—
| Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases notified | 15 | 26* |
| Removed to L .C .C. Fever Hospitals | 9 | 2 |
| Treated in other Hospitals | 6 | 24 |
| Treated at home | — | — |
| Specialist called in | — | 1 |
| Deaths | 5** | 1† |
* Excludes 9 later reported to be Puerperal Fever.
** One was not notified; our first intimation was the report of the
death.
f Cause of death, "Pulmonary Tuberculosis."
Continued and Typhus Fevers.
No case of continued fever occurred. No case of typhus fever
occurred.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Five cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified and were treated in
hospital. One other case was notified to the Port of London Sanitary
Authority. Patient was a foreign seaman, who died in Bow Institution
a few days after leaving his ship.
Four of the patients received serum treatment and of these two
recovered. Four of the six patients died.