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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 XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphthe:ia (including Membranous Croup) | 99 | 2 | 38 | 49 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | *92 |
| Erysipelas | 41 | ... | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | † 17 |
| Scarlet Fever | 96 | ... | : 2 | 67 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ‡38 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ¶5 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | §3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | **2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 151 | ... | 2 | 25 | 30 | 64 | 29 | 1 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberc ilcsis | 55 | ... | 16 | 30 | 2 | . 4 | ... | 3 | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 52 | 15 | 35 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Meas'es | 34 | 2 | 19 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| German Measles | 8 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 39 | ... | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | ... |
| Malaria | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 606 | 24 | 139 | 203 | 67 | 112 | 45 | 16 | 208 |
* See page 66. † See page 62. ‡ See page 63. ¶ See page 64. § See page 61.
** See page 70. ‡† See page 71.