Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXIV.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Borough of Poplar.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages - Years. | ||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | ||
Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 173 | 4 | 80 | 77 | 9 | 3 | .. | 65 | 70 | 38 | 173 | *50 | *63 | *35 | *148 |
Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 205 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 127 | 127 | 23 | 64 | 95 | 46 | 205 | **15 | **12 | **13 | **40 |
Scarlet Fever | 471 | 6 | 158 | 262 | 33 | 12 | .. | 173 | 220 | 78 | 471 | †l47 | 203 | 70 | 420 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 62 | .. | 1 | 21 | 16 | 24 | .. | 14 | 32 | 16 | 62 | ‡11 | ‡29 | ‡15 | ‡55 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | .. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | §4 | §6 | §2 | §12 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ¶1 | ... | ¶1 |
Cerebro-Spinal meningitis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ¶1 | ¶1 | ¶1 | ¶3 |
Totals | 934 | 21 | 252 | 377 | 80 | 181 | 23 | 324 | 427 | 183 | 934 | 230 | 316 | 136 | 682 |
TABLE XXV.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Poplar Sub-District.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 65 | 1 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 1 | *50 | |
Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | .. | ... 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 64 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 10 | **15 |
Scarlet Fever | 173 | 2 | 67 | 85 | 13 | 6 | .. | †147 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 14 | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | §4 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ¶1 |
Totals | 324 | 7 | 105 | 121 | 24 | 57 | 10 | 230 |