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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1906

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

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91
Oct. 30th Male
4 years East India Dock
Road
The son of the female patient,
aged 28 years, mentioned
above as living at Ida Street.
(The mother died in the Brook
Fever Hospital.)
Nov. 1st Male 52 years Rippoth Road Had been working at Loughton
laying gas mains. Eaten
mushrooms.
Nov. 11th Male 20 years Charles Street Patient ill with pneumonia a
week ago. Had been eating
ice cream.
Dec. 14th Female 26 years Stebondale Street Confined a fortnight previously.
Ten cases sent to various hospitals, 2 in Poplar, 5 in Bromley, and 3
in Bow were certified (see list, pages 56, 57, 58 and 59) as not suffering
from Typhoid Fever:—So that in the 86 notified cases, 10 patients were
returned home as not suffering from the complaint.
Fifty-three specimens of blood from doubtful cases of Typhoid Fever
were forwarded to the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. In 27
instances (50.9 per cent.) the Typhoid (Widal) reaction was obtained.
Three Poplar parishioners died from Typhoid Fever, 5 fatal cases
occurred among the Bromley patients, and 3 among the Bow, making a
total of 11 deaths in 76 cases.

Table: As is usual, it will be seen that the greater number of Typhoid Fever cases occurred during the latter half of the year.

As is usual, it will be seen that the greater number of Typhoid Fever cases occurred during the latter half of the year.

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
Poplar1546833
Bromley44101937
Bow617216
259232986

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DIPHTHERIA (INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS
CROUP)
School Certificates and Bacteriological Examinations.
Sixty-eight cases of Diphtheria and 1 cases of Membranous Croup
were notified in Poplar, 65 cases of Diphtheria and 2 cases of Membranous
Croup were notified in Bromley, and 108 cases of Diphtheria and 1 case
of Membranous Croup were notified in Bow, making a total of 241 cases