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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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Table: TABLE XIX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year1918.

TABLE XIX.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year1918.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole Borough.Total Cases notified in each Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
At all Ages.At Ages-Years.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards,Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total Cases Removed.
Small-pox2......1......1......112...112
Cholera (C), Plague (P)................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)305815013395......12413744305* 111*115*39*265
Erysipelas942417224301529382794†10†6†10†26
Scarlet Fever231374137116......978252231‡87‡71‡41‡199
Typhus Fever................................................
Enteric Fever12......3351...83112¶5¶3¶1¶9
Relapsing Fever................................................
Continued Fever................................................
Puerperal Fever12.........210......25512§1§4§4§9
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis92232.........3429**3**4**2**9
Poliomyelitis431...............2...24††2...††1††3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3636..................217836............
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ...62573293952851067221238166625............
Other forms of Tuberculosis225651133161711878652225............
Zymotic Enteritis7861343016654907318217414105736............
Chicken Pox || ||44873612.........5763£4144‡‡3‡‡4‡3‡10
Totals24352096886471964422124186810784892435222208102532

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* See page 65. † See page 62. ‡ See page 62. ¶ See page 63. § See page 61.
** See page 78. †† See page 79. || || Notifiable from March 27th to June 30th.
‡‡ Five cases to Sick Asylum (3 Poplar, 2 Bow), 5 cases Cleveland Street Infirmary
(4 Bromley, 1 Bow.)