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In this connection I am to refer you to page 41 of the Nomenclature
of Diseases drawn up by the Royal College of Physicians
(Ed. 1906), where two special forms of purulent conjunctivitis are
described : (1) Gonorrhæl; (2) From other genital discharges, and
a note is added to the effect that " purulent ophthalmia of new-born
infants may belong to either of these two forms, and should be
noted as Ophthalmia Neonatorum."
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sgd.) J. S. Davy,
Assistant Secretary.
F. W. Alexander, Esq.,
Medical Officer of Health,
Public Health Offices, Bow Road, E.
AGE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths from one year to 65 years of age was 543 for
Poplar, 582 for Bromley, and for Bow 339, making a total for the Borough
of Poplar of 1464. The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past
nineteen years being :—
Borough of
Poplar. Bromley. Bow. Poplar.
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1894 11.37 11.46 10.74 —
1895 14.0 12.34 10.89 —
1896 11.94 11.31 11.11 —
1897 11.83 11.25 12.15 —
1898 12.13 11.14 13.99 —
1899 12.77 12.46 13.36 —
1900 12.93 11.13 11.47 -
1901 10.84 10.71 10.28 10.65
1902 11.67 10.25 11.00 10.93
1903 10.55 9.86 9.62 10.04
1904 10.81 10.51 10.29 10.56
1905 9.75 9.57 8.96 9.48