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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 XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. Bow Sub- D istrict.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year1918.

TABLE XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. Bow Sub- D istrict.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year1918.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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.
Small-pox1......1............1
Cholera, Plague...........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)44..172511.....*39
Erysipelas27...1111016†10
Scarlet Fever52...182842......‡41
Typhus Fever...........................
Enteric Fever1............1......¶1
Relapsing Fever...........................
Continued Fever...........................
Puerperal Fever5.........14......§4
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis2......2............**2
Poliomyelitis22..................††l
Ophthalmia Neonatorum88.....................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis16613222287301...
Other forms of Tuberculosis5221231511......
Zymotic Enteritis10520669...343...
Chicken Pox2429121.........‡‡3
Totals48935126131351094310102

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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.
‡‡ Two to Sick Asylum and one to Cleveland Street Infirmary.
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