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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 1918
Annual report for the year 1918 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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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912.
Summary of Notifications during the period from the 31st December, 1917, to the 28th December, 1918, in Poplar (Whole Borough).
| Age Periods | Notifications on Form A. | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form B. | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total Primary Notifications | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Primary Notifications | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||
| Pul monary— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | 11 | 27 | 14 | 25 | 2u | 76 | 85 | 52 | 16 | 2 | 339 | 470 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | 45 | 78 | |
| Females | 5 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 67 | 57 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 281 | 337 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 37 |
| Non-Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | 4 | 30 | 45 | 22 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 111 | 133 | – | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| Females | 2 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 100 | 118 | – | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| Totals | 13 | 83 | 127 | 80 | 55 | 56 | 154 | 148 | 82 | 25 | 8 | 831 | 1058 | — | 12 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 83 | 120 |