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Poplar 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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105
DIPHTHERIA INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS
CROUP.
Notifications; Sex and School Age; Deaths Bacteriological
Examinations; Errors in Diagnosis; Condition of House
Drainage; Isolation.
Notifications.
Seventy-nine cases of Diphtheria and 3 cases of Membranous Croup
were notified in Poplar, 77 cases of Diphtheria, and 8 cases of
Membranous Croup were notified in Bromley, and 42 cases of Diphtheria
and one case of Membranous Croup were notified in Bow, making a total
of 198 cases of Diphtheria and 12 cases of Membranous Croup for the
whole Borough.

Table: Cases notified:—

Cases notified:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
18932144065141134
1894141277281699
1895252323200775
1896170356166692
1897254345148747
189817821276466
189915118092423
190031623889643
190118037466620
190216623170467
190322112677424
1904124303241668
190573140278491
19066967109245
1907110138110358
19086617474314
1909828543210