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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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ERYSIPELAS.
94 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year : 29 Poplar,
38 Bromley, and 27 Bow. 26 patients were isolated as follows:—
Poplar Sub-District.
Sick Asylum 10
Bromley Sub-District.
Sick Asylum 6
Bow Sub-District.
Sick Asylum 10
Three deaths occurred—0 Poplar, 2 Bromley, and 1 Bow.
SCARLET FEVER.
The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past five years were as follows:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Cases notified | 233 | 243 | 187 | 663 |
| Deaths | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1915 | Cases notified | 168 | 169 | 142 | 479 |
| Deaths | 4 | 4 | — | 8 | |
| 1916 | Cases notified | 114 | 103 | 91 | 308 |
| Deaths | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1917 | Cases notified | 81 | 74 | 50 | 205 |
| Deaths | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1918 | Cases notified | 97 | 82 | 52 | 231 |
| Deaths | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
87 cases in Poplar (Sub-District) were removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals. 70 in Bromley and 41 mBow, and 1 Bromley case
to the London Fever Hospital. So that 199 patients out of 231 notified cases
in the Borough were isolated.