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Poplar 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.

Notifiable Disease.Casks Notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.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.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Small-pox42••5111214••3111••423111••42
Cholera••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Diphtheria652142793162221••11529624165285201195481
Membranous croup162113••••••97••1643••7
Erysipelas20499212612217589353204••••••••
Scarlet fever5497202305269••16227111654911620874398
Typhus fever••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Enteric fever931235193513239229323*35*17*7o*
Relapsing fever••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Continued fever1••••••••1••••••11••••••••
Puerperal fever15••••••312••942155‡2‡..7‡
Plague••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Chicken-pox5075426218632••18723090507••••••••
Totals2079877708771112161860395152520792644602861010

* See Pages 77 & 78.
‡ See Page 57.

TABLE XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1904.

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 tc 1515 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwds.
Small-pox31••451012••31
Cholera••••••••••••••••
Diphtheria1152525173••85
Membranous Croup9162••••••4
Erysipelas58644632••••
Scarlet fever1624668273••116
Typhus fever••••••••••••••••
Enteric fever32••••15510••23*
Relapsing fever••••••••••••••..
Continued fever••••••••••••••••
Puerperal fever9••..••27••5‡
Plague••••••••••••••••
Chicken-pox1872510656••••••••
Totals6033823921537677264

• See page 77.
‡ See Page 57.