Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Bromley Parish.
Cases Insfectioin Dieases notified during the uear 1903
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Parish. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| U nder 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65 | 65 and upw'ds. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 124 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 4 | .. | 86 | |
| Membranous croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 4 | .. |
| Scarlet fever | 177 | 3 | 58 | 93 | 14 | 4 | .. | 132 |
| Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric fever | 38 | .. | 2 | 9 | 14 | 13 | .. | *33 |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 412 | 10 | 119 | 175 | 37 | 67 | 4 | 253 |
* See page 64.
TABLE XXIII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages -Years. | ||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small-pox | 20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | 20 | ||||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 33 | 36 | 4 | 3 | .. | 57 | ||||
| Membranous croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Erysipelas | 30 | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | 17 | .. | .. | |||
| Scarlet fever | 94 | 1 | 41 | 43 | 6 | 3 | .. | 62 | |||
| Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Enteric feve | 21 | .. | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | .. | *1 | |||
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Puerperal fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |||
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Totals | 246 | 5 | 78 | 96 | 25 | 38 | 4 | 157 | |||
*See page 65,