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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| 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 138 | 4 | 50 | 68 | 15 | 1 | .. | 102 |
| Membranous croup | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 84 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 11 | .. |
| Scarlet fever | 551 | 7 | 168 | 333 | 32 | 11 | .. | 450 |
| Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric fever | 32 | .. | 4 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 28* |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 3‡ |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 813 | 12 | 227 | 422 | 63 | 77 | 12 | 583 |
* See page 96. ‡ See page 85.
| 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 278 | 4 | 117 | 137 | 15 | 5 | .. | 232 |
| Membranous croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 61 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 3 | .. |
| Scarlet fever | 155 | 4 | 65 | 77 | 7 | 2 | .. | 122 |
| Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric fever | 20 | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 11 | .. | 15* |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 515 | 10 | 188 | 229 | 38 | 47 | 3 | 369 |
* See page 96
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