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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1910

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

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Table: Table1 Showing Admissions from Diphtheria to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals for the Years 1888-1907, with Mortality Rate in these Hospitals and throughout the Country.

Table1 Showing Admissions from Diphtheria to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals for the Years 1888-1907, with Mortality Rate in these Hospitals and throughout the Country.

YearAdmissiosDeathsPercentage Mortality in HospitalAnnual Mortality per 1000 Estimated Population
188899246259.352Average of 5 years, 33 per cent.(about).0.32Average of 6 years, 0.43 per cent.
188972227540.740.39
189094231633.550.33
1891131239730.630.32
1892200958329.350.46
1893284886530.420.76
189433666103529.290.62
1895363582022.85Average of 7 years, about 16 per cent.0.54.Average of 7 years, 0.44 per cent.
1896450894821.200.60
1897567398717.690.51
1898656699115.370.39
18998676118213.950.43
1900787398812.270.34
1901762284911.150.29
1902652073911.0Average of 6 years, 9.5 per cent.0.25Average of 6 years, 0.16 per cent.
190350725049.70.16
1904468746910.00.16
190541483478.30.12
190652184458.80.15
190757445449.60.16

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'Extracted from the Report of the Statistical Committee of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board. Annual Report, 1907, p. 164.
'Number of cases too small to be of value. These figures are therefore neglected
in computing averages.
'Treatment with anti-toxine introduced during this year.
"Billings, speaking of New York (New York Medical
Journal, 1900, 17th February), states that since the introduction
of anti-toxine a steady fall both in the number of
cases and the number of deaths took place.