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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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Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption.
Number of Notifications (actual cases) sent from the Borough of
Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption during the period
from 1st January, 1918, to 31st December, 1918:—
Poplar (Whole Borough).
| Age Periods. | 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 Notifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
| Males | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 55 | 54 | 9 | 5 | — | 195 |
| Females | — | 9 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 151 |
| Non-pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
| Males | — | 17 | 30 | 13 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 64 | |
| Females | —— | 6 | 21 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 44 |
| Totals | 34 | 85 | 48 | 33 | 39 | 90 | 90 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 454 |
Distribution of Cases in the Borough.
| Insured. | Uninsured. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley. | 21 | 67 | 88 |
| Bow | 64 | 94 | 158 |
| Poplar | 81 | 117 | 198 |
| Out of District | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 175 | 279 | 454 |
The number of new cases who attended at the Dispensary during
the year 1918 was 1,506; of these, 454 were tuberculous.
There was a total of 9,430 attendances at the Dispensary.
Deaths, Tubercular Diseases and Phthisis—
Number and Rates see pages 10 and 11.
Disinfection of Rooms and Articles see page 52.