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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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| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 34 | 43 | 23 | 100 |
| 1915 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 88 |
| 1916 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 1917 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 1918 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 50 |
| 1915 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 |
| 1916 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 1917 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 1918 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 42 | 60 | 48 | 150 |
| 1915 | 51 | 38 | 33 | 122 |
| 1916 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 73 |
| 1917 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 57 |
| 1918 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
Notification of Zymotic Enteritis (Summer DiarrhŒa). Notifiable from 1st June to 30th September.
| Age periods. Years. | Number of notifications | Total. | Number of deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | |||
| Under 1 | 50 | 64 | 20 | 134 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 1—5 | 92 | 143 | 66 | 301 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 5—15 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15—25 | 15 | 39 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — |
| 25-45 | 19 | 68 | 3 | 90 | — | — | — | — |
| 45—65 | 17 | 52 | 4 | 73 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 13 | 3 | 18 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| All ages—totals | 217 | 414 | 105 | 736 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 58 |
*Under the heading of "Diarrhœa" are included deaths registered as due to
epidemic diarrhœa, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis, zymotic enteritis, summer
diarrhœa, choleraic diarrhœa and cholera (other than Asiatic or epidemic).
†Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included deaths registered as due to
enteritis, muco-enteritis, gastro-enteritis, gastric catarrh and gastro-intestinal catarrh.
Gastritis is not included, except under two years.