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Poplar 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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* See page 47.
TABLE XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Parish.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Parish. | No. of Cases .Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwds. | |||
| Small-pox | 200 | 200 | ||||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 161 | 7 | 66 | 64 | 17 | 7 | ... | 104 |
| Membranous croup | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 77 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 43 | 11 | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 182 | 1 | 74 | 85 | 17 | 5 | ... | 130 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 77 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 22 | ... | 49* |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pax | 308 | 45 | 156 | 101 | s | 3 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1012 | 65 | 326 | 24 | 134 | 152 | 11 | 484 |
* See ijage 47.
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