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The corrected number of notifications would be—
Poplar 689-45= 644 or 10.69 per 1000 living
Bromley 840-42= 798 or 11.89 ,,
Bow 402-15= 387 or 9.02 „
Borough of Poplar 1931-102= 1829 or 10.74 ,,
In the course of the year 1907 it will be seen no fewer than 102
patients or a percentage on the total admissions of 7.2 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
4.28, diphtheria cases 12.29, and enteric fever cases 3.70.
Amongst the 55 cases wrongly certified as scarlet fever there were
3 of rötheln and 3 of measles. Amongst the 44 cases wrongly certified as
diphtheria were 2 of tonsillitis, 1 of bronchitis and 2 of measles. 13 cases
were scarlet fever and not diphtheria and 1 case was enteric fever and not
diphtheria.
In the course of the year 1907 no fewer than 3,109 patients against
2151 in 1906, 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 9.7 in 1907, 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.

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