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Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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74
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications; Institutions; Errors in Diagnosis: Bacteriological
Examinations ; Infectious Diseases in Milk Shops and on
Homeworkers' Premises; Sickness and Mortality Statistics
During Quarter ended September 30th, see page 135.
There were 349 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 462 in
Bromley, and 291 in Bow, making a total of 1102 for the Borough of
Poplar; these do not include 79 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 | 9.07 | 12.43 | 11.15 | 10.91 |
| 1909 | 7.91 | 6.92 | 5.69 | 6.96 |
| 1910 | 5.30 | 6.42 | 4.22 | 5.46 |
| 1911* | 6.20 | 7.08 | 7.13 | 6.79 |
* See page 73 for corrected rates.