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Poplar 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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62
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications, Institutions, Proposed Provision foe the Reception
into Metropolitan Asylums Boaed Hospitals of Patients suffering
fbom EbYSIPELAS and puerperal fever, errors in diagnosis,
Bacteriological Examinations, Infectious Diseases in Milk
Shops and on Homeworkers' Premises.
There were 549 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 832 in
Bromley, and 480 in Bow, making a total of 1861 for the Borough of
Poplar; these do not include 61 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 |
| 1908* | 907 | 12.43 | 11.15 | 10.91 |
* See page 70 for corrected rates.