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 XXVII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Bromley Sub-District.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified is 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 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
Small-pox | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 130 | 7 | 69 | 47 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | *109 | |
Erysipelas | 90 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 27 | 7 | **11 | |
Scarlet Fever | 150 | 4 | 65 | 68 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | 138 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 19 | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .. | †18 | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Varicella¶ | 65 | 12 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Spotted Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | §1 | |
Polio-myelitis†† | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum‡‡ | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908.. | 102 | .. | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 3 | .. | |
Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911.. | 119 | .. | 1 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 23 | 4 | .. | |
Others | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 702 | 47 | 176 | 158 | 72 | 158 | 77 | 14 | 280 |
* See page 124. † See page 118. ‡See page 108. § See page 131.
** 9 Sick Asylum, 1 London Hospital, 1 Children's Hospital, Shadwell.
¶ Notifiable from March 22nd to June 21st.
†† Notifiable from September 1st, 1911.
‡‡ Notifiable from March 13th.