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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 1919
Annual report for the year 1919 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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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Suit-District. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 93 | 3 | 28 | 49 | 6 | 7 | ... | ... | *80 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 40 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 11 | †18 | |||||
| Soarlet Fever | 112 | 5 | 33 | 64 | 5 | 5 | ... | ‡100 | ||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ¶10 | |||||
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | §3 | |||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | **6 | |||||
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Acute Enoephalitis Letharg a | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ††2 | |||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 226 | ... | 7 | 34 | 51 | 102 | 29 | 3 | ... | |||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 100 | 2 | 12 | 70 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 239 | 64 | 122 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | ... | |||||
| Measles | 211 | 11 | 90 | 106 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| German Measles | 21 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 92 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 16 | ... | ... | |||||
| Malar a | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Totals | 1,194 | 118 | 326 | 376 | 102 | 170 | 60 | 42 | 223 | |||||
* See page 66. †See page 62. ‡ See page 63. ¶ See page 64
§ See Page 61. ** See page 70. ††See page 71.