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Poplar 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications, Institutions, Errors in Diagnosis, Bacteriological
Examinations, Infectious Diseases in Milk Shops and on Homeworkers'
Premises, School Books and Infectious Diseases,
Attendance Medals and Exclusion from Schools, Evening Play
Centres and Infectious Diseases.
There were 689 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 840 in
Bromley, and 402 in Bow, making a total of 1931 for the Borough of
Poplar; these do not include 89 second notifications.
In the above figures no deductions have been made for cases removed
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals, which were certified as
not having a notifiable disease.
The notification rate per 1000 living being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 16.2 | — |
| 1895 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 15.8 | — |
| 1896 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | — |
| 1897 | 11.49 | 14.50 | 16.04 | — |
| 1898 | 9.57 | 9.61 | 6.39 | — |
| 1899 | 8.99 | 7.98 | 6.70 | — |
| 1900 | 12.50 | 8.36 | 7.04 | — |
| 1901 | 9.68 | 11.72 | 5.73 | 9.52 |
| 1902 | 17.19 | 19.77 | 15.65 | 17.84 |
| 1903 | 8.34 | 6.06 | 5.81 | 6.79 |
| 1904 | 10.15 | 14.04 | 12.36 | 12.26 |
| 1905 | 7.34 | 12.04 | 12.09 | 10.40 |
| 1906 | 5.43 | 6.87 | 7.55 | 6.54 |
| 1907 | 11.44 | 12.51 | 9.37 | 11.34 |
Institutions
Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which
had been notified before admission) within the parishes of Poplar and
Bromley were as follows:—