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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 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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| No. | Date. 1916. | Age. | Sex. | Address. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 10th Sept. | 9 | M. | Cottage Street | Treated in London Hospital. |
| 14 | 18th Sept. | 30 | M. | Cotton Street | Patient was a seafaring man (fireman). Attributed to drinking bad water on his ship, a Trans-Atlantic liner. Removed M.A.B. |
| 15 | 22nd Sept. | 2 | M. | Cottage Street | Treated in Poplar Hospital. |
| 16 | 23rd Nov. | 25 | F. | Rounton Road | Was admitted to the Sick Asylum on the 10th Nov., suffering with Puerperal Septicœmia (still-birth). She was subsequently notified, 23rd Nov., as suffering with Enteric Fever as the result of P.M. |
19 cases of typhoid fever were notified during the year, but in a
number of instances no causes or predisposing influences were stated.
Errors of Diagnosis.
Two cases sent to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals from
Poplar, were certified (see lists, pages 68-70) as not suffering from
typhoid fever.
Bacteriological Examinations or Doubtful and
Convalescent Cases.
Ten specimens of blood from doubtful cases of typhoid fever
were forwarded to the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. In
two instances (20 per cent.) the typhoid (Widal) reaction was obtained.