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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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CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases of continued and typhus fever were notified.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Notifications ; Rate per 1,000 Living ; Errors in Diagnosis ;
Bacteriological Examinations of Doubtful and Convalescent
Cases ; Deaths.
Notifications, The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | |||||
| 1915 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |||||
| 1916 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||||
| 1917 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 39 | |||||
| 1918 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12* | |||||
| 1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | 3rd quarter. | 4th quarter. | Total. | |||||
| Poplar | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Bromley . | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Bow | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 6 | — | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| * The lowest number of cases recorded. | |||||||||
Notifications per 1,000 living:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
| 1915 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.27 |
| 1918 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 |