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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DIPHTHERIA INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
Notifications ; Sex and School Age ; Deaths ; Bacteriological
Examinations ; Errors in Diagnosis ; Condition of House
Drainage ; Isolation ; The Diphtheria Anti-toxin (London)
Order, 1910 ; Diphtheria in Public Elementary Schools.
Notifications.
Eighty-five cases of diphtheria were notified in Poplar, 97 cases
of diphtheria were notified in Bromley, and 70 cases of diphtheria were
notified in Bow, making a total of 252 cases of diphtheria for the whole
Borough.
Cases notified:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 214 | 406 | 514 | 1134 |
| 1894 | 141 | 277 | 281 | 699 |
| 1895 | 252 | 323 | 200 | 775 |
| 1896 | 170 | 356 | 166 | 692 |
| 1897 | 254 | 345 | 148 | 747 |
| 1898 | 178 | 212 | 76 | 466 |
| 1899 | 151 | 180 | 92 | 423 |
| 1900 | 316 | 238 | 89 | 643 |
| 1901 | 180 | 374 | 66 | 620 |
| 1902 | 166 | 231 | 70 | 467 |
| 1903 | 221 | 126 | 77 | 424 |
| 1904 | 124 | 303 | 241 | 668 |
| 1905 | 73 | 140 | 278 | 491 |
| 1906 | 69 | 67 | 109 | 245 |
| 1907 | 110 | 138 | 110 | 358 |
| 1908 | 66 | 174 | 74 | 314 |
| 1909 | 82 | 85 | 43 | 210 |
| 1910 | 66 | 70 | 39 | 175 |
| 1911 | 89 | 130 | 64 | 283 |
| 1912 | 85 | 97 | 70 | 252 |