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61 cases of Typhoid Fever were notified during the year, but in many
instances no causes or predisposing influences were stated.
Eight cases sent to various hospitals, 2 in Poplar, 6 in Bromley, and
0 in Bow were certified (see list pages 65-69) as not suffering from
Typhoid Fever:—So that in the 61 notified cases, 8 patients were
certified from hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board* as not
suffering from the complaint (see page 70).
Forty specimens of blood from doubtful cases of Typhoid Fever
were forwarded to the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. In 27
instances (67.5 per cent.) the Typhoid (Widal) reaction was obtained.
Three Poplar parishioners died from Typhoid Fever, 5 fatal cases
occurred among the Bromley patients, and 5 among the Bow, making a
total of 13 deaths in 61 cases.
It will be seen that, as usual, the greater number of Typhoid Fever
cases occurred during the latter half of the year.
1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Total.
Poplar 3 0 3 19 25
Bromley 2 3 5 9 19
Bow 5 0 1 11 17
10 3 9 39 61 ,
DIPHTHERIA INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS
CROUP.
Roman Road School.
Sixty-five cases of Diphtheria and 1 case of Membranous Croup
were notified in Poplar, 171 cases of Diphtheria, and 3 cases of
Membranous Croup were notified in Bromley, and 72 cases of Diphtheria
and two cases of Membranous Croup were notified in Bow, making a total
of 308 cases of Diphtheria and 6 cases of Membranous Croup for the
whole Borough.
* Thirty eases were removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and
23 cases were treated in other institutions. (See page 97.)