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Poplar 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The corrected number of notifications would be—
| Poplar 326 — 15 = | 311 or 5.18 per 1000 living |
| Bromley 463 — 16 = | 447 or 6.64 ,, |
| Bow 323 — 13 = | 310 or 7.25 ,, |
| Borough of Poplar 1112 — 44 = | 1068 or 6.28 ,, |
In the course of the year 1906 it will be seen no fewer than 44
patients or a percentage on the total admissions of 6 3 were, after
admission at the fever hospitals, found not to be suffering from the
diseases mentioned in the medical certificates upon which they were
removed to hospital. The percentage on the total scarlet fever cases was
4.02, diphtheria cases 4.08, and enteric fever cases 11.62.
Amongst the 23 cases wrongly certified as scarlet fever there were
2 of erythema, 1 of tonsilitis, 3 of rotheln, 2 of varicella, 1 of urticaria,
3 of measles, ] of lichen, 1 of suppurative adenitis, 1 of acute nephritis,
and 1 of tubercular meningitis. Amongst the 10 cases wrongly certified
as diphtheria were 1 of tonsilitis, 1 of pneumonia, 1 of stomatitis, and 1
of syphilis. Amongst the 10 cases wrongly certified as enteric fever were
3 of pneumonia, 2 of meningitis, 1 of abdominal tumor, 1 of ulcerative
endocarditis.
In the course of the year 1906 no fewer than 2,151 patients against
2,157 in 1905, 1,993 in 1904, 1,913 in 1903, and 2,108 in 1902, or a
percentage on the total admissions of 8.3 in 1906, 9.04 in 1905, 10.7 in
1904, 10.4 in 1903, and 8.6 in 1902 were, after admission to the fever
hospitals, found not to be suffering from the diseases mentioned in the
medical certificates upon which they were removed to hospital.
The number of cases wrongly notified in Poplar and London for the years 1899—1906 and removed to Infectious Diseases Hospitals, have been as follows:—
| Percentage of mistakes in total admissions. Poplar. London. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 49 cases | 8.4 | 6.3 |
| 1900 | 60 „ | 7.3 | 7.9 |
| 1901 | 131 „ | 13.1 | 9.2 |
| 1902 | 93 „ | 6.3 | 8.6 |
| 1903 | 46 „ | 6.5 | 10.4 |
| 1904 | 54 „ | 5.5 | 10.7 |
| 1905 | 57 „ | 4.7 | 9.04 |
| 1906 | 44 „ | 6.3 | 8.3 |
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