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. METEOPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley 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 upw'ds. | ||||
Small-pox | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||
Cholera | |||||||||
Diphtheria | 296 | 9 | 134 | 142 | 5 | 6 | 201 | ||
Membranous croup | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Erysipelas | 93 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 53 | |||
Scarlet fever | 271 | 3 | 97 | 154 | 12 | 5 | 208 | ||
Typhus fever | |||||||||
Enteric fever | 39 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 35* | |||
Relapsing fever | |||||||||
Continued fever .. | |||||||||
Puerperal fever | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Plague | |||||||||
Chicken-pox | 230 | 19 | 113 | 95 | 2 | 1 | |||
Totals | 951 | 36 | 354 | 423 | 49 | 83 | 6 | 460 |
* See page 77. ‡ See Page 57.
TABLE XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Parish.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Parish. | No. of Ca«es Remove i to Hospital. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65 | 65 and upw'ds. | |||
Small-pox | ||||||||
Cholera | ||||||||
Diphtheria | 241 | 3 | 93 | 123 | 10 | 195 | ||
Membranous croup | ||||||||
Erysipelas | 53 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 37 | |||
Scarlet fever | 116 | 39 | 69 | 1 | 74 | |||
Typhus fever | ||||||||
Enteric fever | 22 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17* | |||
Relapsing fever | ||||||||
Continued fever | 1 | |||||||
Puerperal fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Plague | ||||||||
Chicken-pox | 90 | 43 | 35 | |||||
Totals | 525 | 13 | 177 | 239 | 25 | 66 | 286 |
* See page 78.