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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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ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS, OR ACUTE POLIOENCEPHALITIS,
AND ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS
LETHARGICA
Number of Cases.
Six cases of Polio-myelitis were notified—2 Poplar, 3 Bromley, and
1 Bow.
Three cases of Encephalitis Lethargica occurred in Poplar.
Removals.
| Poplar | Bromley | Pow | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Sick Children,Gt. Ormond St., | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| London Hospital | 2 | — | — | 2 |
The two Poplar cases removed were Encephalitis Lethargica and
the Bromley case was Polio-myelitis.
Deaths.
No deaths of notified cases occurred. One death occurred from
Encephalitis, but the case had not been notified as Encephalitis
Lethargica.
One patient, notified as suffering from Encephalitis Lethargica, died,
and the cause of death was given as Purulent Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
DIARRHŒA AND ENTERITIS.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis—Deaths ; Notification of Zymotic
Enteritis and Summer Diarrhœa.
Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to epidemic
diarrhœa, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis, zymotic enteritis, summer
diarrhœa, choleraic diarrhœa, gastro-enteritis, gastro-intestinal catarrh,
muco-enteritis, colitis, etc. Deaths from dysentery are not included.
See Tables VIII.—XI., XIII.—XVI.
All Ages.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 73 | 49 | 52 | 174 | 2,542* |
| 1916 | 43 | 41 | 23 | 107 | 1,598* |
| 1917 | 39 | 32 | 28 | 99 | . 1,506* |
| 1918 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 58 | 1,112* |
| 1919 | 33 | 22 | 27 | 82 | 1,372* |
* Under two years for London only.