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Poplar 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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A case of puerperal fever was notified on 29th July as occurring in
a patient, aged 36 years, of Hancock Road. Patient was removed to
Brook Hospital and discharged 24th September.
A case of puerperal fever was notified on 3rd August as occurring
in a patient, aged 27 years, of Spey Street.
A case of puerperal fever occurred in a patient, aged 35 years, of
Ullin Street, having been notified on 19th September and removed to
the Sick Asylum, and died in that institution on the 23rd September.
A case of puerperal fever was notified on 27th September as occurring
in a patient, aged 22 years, of Croucher Place. The case was removed
to the South-Eastern Hospital on 27th September. Patient died 2nd
October.
A case of puerperal fever was notified on 5th November as occurring
in a patient, aged 33 years, of Wellington Road, Bromley, who had been
an inmate of the London Hospital since 29th October. The patient
was confined in that institution on the date of admission and died on
the 5th November. Cause of death, placenta prævia and puerperal
septicaemia, pyaemia.
A case of puerperal fever occurred in a patient, aged 41 years, of
High Street, Poplar, confined 10th October, admitted into the Poplar
Hospital on 4th November, and notified as suffering from the disease
on 20th November, 1912, the patient having died on 18th November in
Poplar Hospital, the cause of death being thrombosis of iliac veins and
septicaemia and pneumonia.
A case of puerperal fever was notified on 13th December as occurring
in a patient, aged 19 years, of High Street, Bow. Patient was removed
to the Sick Asylum.
A case of puerperal fever was notified on 18th December as occurring
in a patient, aged 37 years, of Cording Street, Bromley, who had been
admitted into the Sick Asylum on 19th December.
A patient aged 39 years, of Ailsa Street, was notified on the 7th
September, as suffering from puerperal fever. The case was treated at
home.