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Poplar 1906

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

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Table: Number of deaths for the past fourteen years was as follows:—

Number of deaths for the past fourteen years was as follows:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.Mortality per 100 cases notified.
18932959917915.78
189423404210515.02
189555642914819.09
189626562310515.17
189758491211915.93
18984329168818.88
18992833167718.20
190050491311217.41
19012049138213.22
1902242835511.77
1903 .361755813.67
19041945188212.27
190561420408.14
1906611112811.42

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For number of deaths and death-rates from Diphtheria, also see
Tables XVIII. and XIX., page 47.
154 swabbings from throats of doubtful cases of Diphtheria were
forwarded for bacteriological examination to the Lister Institute of Preventive
Medicine. The Bacillus Diphtheriæ was isolated in 45 instances,
and the Pseudo Diphtheritic Bacillus in 4 cases. See pages 56, 57, 58
and 59 as to cases of Diphtheria admitted into Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals which were certified as not having the complaint.
No deductions have been made in respect of these patients.
School Certificates and Bacteriological Examinations.
The 69 cases in Poplar were notified from 61 premises, the 67 cases
in Bromley from 50 premises, and the 109 cases in Bow from 90 houses,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 18
instances—9 Poplar, 3 Bromley, and 6 Bow.
The following communication was received on 24th November from
the Medical Officer (Education) London County Council respecting the
giving certificates of freedom from infectiousness in cases which were
actually at the time "carriers" of diphtheria.
"Throughout the past summer considerable difficulties have arisen