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Under the heading of diphtheria will be found information as to
the distribution, &c., of the typhoid fever cases.
DIPHTHERIA (INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS CROUP).
244 cases of diphtheria and 10 cases of membranous croup were
notified in Poplar, and 333 cases of diphtheria and 12 cases of
membranous croup were notified in Bromley. The diphtheria and
membranous croup patients classified according to sex and schoolage
were as follows:—
Males, Females. Total.
South Poplar 58 72 130
North Poplar 58 66 124
South Bromley 72 108 180
North Bromley 79 86 165
Totals 267 332 599
3 to 10 years.
Males. Females.
Total.
School-age cases.
Per 100 cases notified.
South Poplar 42 52 94 72.30
North Poplar 33 32 65 52.41
South Bromley 48 57 105 58.33
North Bromley 48 57 105 55.15
Totals 171 198 369 61.60
Five cases occurred in the Poplar Union Workhouse and four of
these patients were removed into the Metropolitan Asylum Boards
Hospitals; one case was notified from the Stepney Union Workhouse
and was removed to an Asylums Boards' Hospital. Of the total 599
cases notified 212 were isolated in hospitals. The 254 cases notified
from Poplar belonged to 186 houses, of which 48 were found by the
smoke test to have defective drains, and the 345 cases notified in
Bromley were from 274 houses, of which number 53 were found to
have defective drains.