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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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TABLE XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notifiei during the Year 1919.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in 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-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 128 | 3 | 43 | 70 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | *117 |
| Erysipelas | 47 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | †17 |
| Scarlet Fever | 162 | 5 | 41 | 107 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 149 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ¶3 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 1 | ... | §10 |
| Ccrebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | **4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ††l |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 29 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 202 | ... | 4 | 33 | 36 | 93 | 3 | 3 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 102 | ... | 21 | 66 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 365 | 85 | 185 | 31 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 7 | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||1 |
| Measles | 193 | 11 | 96 | 83 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| German Measles | 25 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 104 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 7 | ... |
| Malaria | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1394 | 143 | 426 | 423 | 99 | 196 | 81 | 26 | 308 |
* See page 66. See page 62. ¶ See page 64. § See page 61. ** See page 70.
†† See page 71. || London Hospital.