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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CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases of continued and typhus fever were notified.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Notifications ; Rate per 1,000 Living ; Drainage of Premises ;
Isolation ; Shellfish and Predisposing Causes ; Errors in
Diagnosis ; Bacteriological Examinations of Doubtful
and Convalescent Cases ; Deaths.
Notifications.
The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1893 | 80 | 218 | 64 | 362 |
1894 | 72 | 84 | 45 | 201 |
1895 | 56 | 80 | 34 | 170 |
1896 | 85 | 68 | 33 | 186 |
1897 | 61 | 87 | 47 | 195 |
1898 | 68 | 51 | 38 | 157 |
1899 | 143 | 92 | 34 | 269 |
1900 | 90 | 100 | 78 | 268 |
1901 | 46 | 88 | 37 | 171 |
1902 | 77 | 83 | 49 | 209 |
1903 | 34 | 38 | 21 | 93 |
1904 | 32 | 39 | 22 | 93 |
1905 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 70 |
1906 | 33 | 37 | 16 | 86 |
1907 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 81 |
1908 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 61 |
1909 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 54 |
1910 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 62 |
1911 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 63 |
1912 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36* |
The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poplar | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
Bromley | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
Bow | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
11 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 36* | |
* The lowest number of cases recorded in the past twenty years. I |