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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TABLE XXIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages - Years. | ||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | ||
| Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 349 | 11 | 160 | 144 | 24 | 10 | .. | 106 | 133 | 110 | 349 | 67 | 104 | 95 | 266 |
| Membranous Croup | 9 | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 184 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 104 | 21 | 66 | 71 | 47 | 184 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 1283 | 14 | 395 | 767 | 86 | 21 | .. | 478 | 594 | 211 | 1283 | 417 | 504 | 171 | 1092 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 81 | .. | 6 | 28 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 81 | *14 | *29 | 23* | *66 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | .. | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | †2 | †2 | †3 | ‡7 |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Spotted Fever | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ‡3 | ‡2 | ‡4 | ‡9 |
| Totals | 1931 | 41 | 579 | 1065 | 148 | 176 | 22 | 689 | 840 | 402 | 1931 | 506 | 641 | 296 | 1443 |
TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Sub-District. | 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 upwards. | |||
| Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 106 | 6 | 44 | 53 | 2 | 1 | .. | 67 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 66 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 7 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 478 | 6 | 153 | 278 | 34 | 7 | .. | 417 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 26 | .. | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 14* |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2† |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Spotted Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3† |
| Totals | 689 | 16 | 210 | 344 | 51 | 60 | 8 | 506 |
* See page 89. † See page 83. † See pages 98-100.