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Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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BOW SUB-DISTRICT.
| No. | Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. | Dato of Admission. | Report from Hospital. | Date returned home from Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enteric Fever | 1911. 14th Jan. | Not suffering | 1911. 4th Feb. |
| 2 | Continued Fever | 23rd Jan. | do. | 15th Feb. |
| Measles | 9th Feb. | Diphtheria (Measles co-existing) | — | |
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | 17th Jan. | Nasal Diphtheria as well as | — |
| 5 | do. | 20th Feb. | Not suffering | 8th Mar. |
| 6 | Enteric Fever | 16th Jan. | do. | 20th Mar. |
| 7 | Measles | 23rd Feb. | Scarlet Fever | — |
| 8 | Scarlet Fever | 21st Nov.'10 | Chickenpox after | — |
| 9 | do. | 4th Mar. | Not suffering | 7th April |
| 10 | Measles | 20th Mar. | Scarlet Fever and Measles | 9th Aug. |
| 11 | do. | 8th Feb. | Chickenpox after | — |
| 12 | Scarlet Fever | 4th April | Not suffering | 22nd April |
| 13 | do. | 19th April | Diphtheria, and not Scarlet Fever | 19th May |
| 14 | do. | 3rd April | Not suffering | — |
| 15 | do. | 20th April | do. | 1st May |
| 16 | Diphtheria | 22nd April | do. | 13th May |
| 17 | Scarlet Fever | 15th April | do. | 18th May |
| 18 | do. | 20th April | do. | 19th May |
| 19 | Diphtheria | 7th July | Scarlet Fever following | — |
| 20 | Scarlet Fever | 21st Aug. | Not suffering | 29th Sept. |
| 21 | Diphtheria | 6th Nov. | do. | 27th Nov. |
The corrected number of notifications would be—
Poplar 349 — 14 = 335 or 5.95 per 1000 living
Bromley 462 — 28 = 434 or 6.65 „
Bow 291 — 15 = 276 or 6.76 „
Borough of Poplar 1102 — 57 = 1045 or 6.43 „