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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| No. | Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. | Date of Admission. | Report from Hospital. | Date returned home from Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910. | 1911. | |||
| 1 | Scarlet Fever | 21st Dec. 1911. | Not suffering | 18th Jan. |
| 2 | do. | 5th Jan. | do. | 31st Jan. |
| 3 | Measles | 10th Mar. | Chickenpox after Measles | — |
| Diphtheria | 23rd Mar. | Not suffering1 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 15th April | do. | 27th April | |
| Diphtheria | 2nd May. | Scarlet Fever | Died 6th May | |
| 7 | Measles | 15th April | Diphtheria following | — |
| 8 | Diphtheria | 12th May | Not Suffering | 29th May |
| 9 | do. | 10th May | do. | 31st May |
| 10 | do. | 24th May | Scarlatina following | 8th Aug. |
| 11 | Scarlet Fever | 4th July | Not suffering | 29th July |
| 12 | Diphtheria | 21st Aug. | do. | 28th Aug. |
| 13 | Scarlet Fever | 4th Sept. | do. | 26th Sept. |
| Diphtheria | 22nd Sept. | Scarlet Fever as well as | — | |
| 15 | Scarlet Fever | 2nd Sept. | Not suffering | 28th Sept. |
| 16 | Diphtheria | 3rd Oct. | do. | 11th Oct. |
| 17 | do. | 11th Nov. | do. | 27th Nov. |
* Klebs-Loeffler bacilli were found to be present before removal at East London
Hospital, but fact was not notified to Fever Hospital on order.