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Poplar 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the North District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow
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Bow's record for 1898 as in 1897 in the matter of fever is not unsatisfactory.
There have been no deaths or notifications
FEVERS.
of typhus, relapsing, or continued fevers. During the
whole 24 years of my service I have never had to report a death from
typhus fever. Three cases of puerperal fever were notified, one of
which proved fatal. Last year there were two cases notified and one
death.
With regard to enteric or typhoid fever, there were the same number
of deaths, viz., 6, as in 1897, as against 4 in 1896. The 1898 and
1897 positions were as nearly as possible matched by that of 1895.
The annual rate per 1000 in Bow 1898 was .14, 1897 was .14 as
against .09 for 1896. The notification rate was .95.
The typhoid record of deaths stands:—
| 1880 | 2 | 1890 | 9 |
| 1881 | 2 | 1891 | 12 |
| 1882 | 13 | 1892 | 10 |
| 1883 | 11 | 1893 | 15 |
| 1884 | 9 | 1894 | 7 |
| 1885 | 5 | 1895 | 6 |
| 1886 | 4 | 1896 | 4 |
| 1887 | 8 | 1897 | 6 |
| 1888 | 15 | 1898 | 6 |
| 1889 | 4 |
Practically the condition of the district in regard to diphtheria
remains the same as in the previous year, there being
DIPHTHERIA.
16 deaths as compared against 12 for 1897, and 23,
29 and 112 for 1896, 1895 and 1894 respectively. There was a
large decrease in the number of notifications, viz., 76 as against
101, 155 and 200 for 1897, 1896 and 1895 respectively.