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 XXVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Bromley 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 133 | 5 | 57 | 50 | 15 | 6 | .. | 104 |
| Membranous Croup | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 71 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 8 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 594 | 7 | 181 | 363 | 30 | 13 | .. | 504 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | .. | .. | 12 | 6 | 13 | .. | 29* |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2† |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Spotted Fever | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2‡ |
| Totals | 840 | 20 | 243 | 436 | 58 | 75 | 8 | 641 |
TABLE XXVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 110 | .. | 59 | 41 | 7 | 3 | .. | 95 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 47 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 6 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 211 | 1 | 61 | 126 | 22 | 1 | .. | 171 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 24 | .. | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | .. | 23* |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 3† |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Spotted Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4‡ |
| Totals | 402 | 5 | 126 | 185 | 39 | 41 | 6 | 296 |
* See page 89. † See page 83. ‡ See pages 98-100.