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Poplar 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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POPLAR.
| Parish. | Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. | Date of Admission. | Report from Hospital. | Date of Report. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | Scarlet Fever | 1906. 10th Jan. | Was not suffering | 1906. 2nd Feb. |
| do. | do. | 21st Feb. | do. | 22nd Mar. |
| do. | Enteric Fever* | 6th Mar. | do. | 30th Mar. |
| do. | Diphtheria † | 9th May | do. | 14th May |
| do. | Enteric Fever | 25th May | do. | 15th June |
| do. | Scarlet Fever | 13th June | do. | 27th June |
| do. | do. | 23 rd June | do. | 27th June |
| do. | do. | 16th June | do. | 5th July |
| do. | Enteric Fever | 24th July | do. | 28th July |
| do. | Scarlet Fever | 28th June | do. | 18th Sept. |
| do. | do. | 30th Aug. | do. | 21st Sept. |
| do. | Diphtheria | 20th Oct. | do. | 23rd Oct. |
| do. | Scarlet Fever | 2nd Oct. | do. | 23rd Oct. |
| do. | do | 31st Oct. | do. | 31st Oct. |
| do. | Diphtheria | 3rd Oct. | do. | 13th Nov. |
| do. | do. | 5th Nov. | do. | 20th Nov. |
| do. | Scarlet Fever | 6th Nov. | do. | 4th Dec. |
* This patient was one of six removed to the Brook Fever Hospital. A positive
widal reaction was obtained prior to removal, but she had a normal temperature
from the time of admission to the Hospital and showed no clinical signs of Enteric
Fever or other disease. Two Widal's reactions made at the Hospital were negative.
The other five patients had Enteric Fever.
† No notification was received for this patient.