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 XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar.
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-pox | 42 | •• | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | •• | 31 | 11 | •• | 42 | 31 | 11 | •• | 42 |
Cholera | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Diphtheria | 652 | 14 | 279 | 316 | 22 | 21 | •• | 115 | 296 | 241 | 652 | 85 | 201 | 195 | 481 |
Membranous croup | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | 9 | 7 | •• | 16 | 4 | 3 | •• | 7 |
Erysipelas | 204 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 122 | 17 | 58 | 93 | 53 | 204 | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Scarlet fever | 549 | 7 | 202 | 305 | 26 | 9 | •• | 162 | 271 | 116 | 549 | 116 | 208 | 74 | 398 |
Typhus fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Enteric fever | 93 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 35 | 1 | 32 | 39 | 22 | 93 | 23* | 35* | 17* | 7o* |
Relapsing fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Continued fever | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Puerperal fever | 15 | •• | •• | •• | 3 | 12 | •• | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5‡ | 2‡ | 7‡ | |
Plague | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Chicken-pox | 507 | 54 | 262 | 186 | 3 | 2 | •• | 187 | 230 | 90 | 507 | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Totals | 2079 | 87 | 770 | 877 | 111 | 216 | 18 | 603 | 951 | 525 | 2079 | 264 | 460 | 286 | 1010 |
* See Pages 77 & 78.
‡ See Page 57.
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 tc 15 | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwds. | |||
Small-pox | 31 | •• | 4 | 5 | 12 | •• | 31 | |
Cholera | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Diphtheria | 115 | 2 | 52 | 51 | 7 | 3 | •• | 85 |
Membranous Croup | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 4 |
Erysipelas | 58 | 4 | 4 | 32 | •• | •• | ||
Scarlet fever | 162 | 4 | 66 | 82 | 7 | 3 | •• | |
Typhus fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Enteric fever | 32 | •• | •• | 15 | 5 | 10 | •• | 23* |
Relapsing fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Continued fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Puerperal fever | 9 | •• | •• | 7 | •• | 5‡ | ||
Plague | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Chicken-pox | 187 | 25 | 56 | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Totals | 603 | 38 | 239 | 215 | 37 | 67 | 7 | 264 |
• See page 77.
‡ See Page 57.