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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | — Total | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 252 | 14 | 96 | 114 | 21 | 7 | ... | ... | 85 | 97 | 70 | 252 | *70 | *82 | *62 | *214 |
| Erysipelas | 195 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 61 | 65 | 14 | 63 | 81 | 51 | 195 | †21 | ††l9 | +14 | †54 |
| Scarlet Fever | 314 | 5 | 98 | 178 | 30 | 3 | ... | ... | 109 | 146 | 59 | 314 | 100 | **139 | 54 | **293 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 36 | ... | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | ... | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 | ††t8 | †† 13 | ††6 | ††27 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 18 | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | ‡3 | ‡10 | ‡2 | ‡15 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | §1 | §2 | §2 | §5 | |
| Polio myelitis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | ¶1 | ... | ¶1 |
| Ophthalmia Neo-natorum | 34 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 10 | 9 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1908) | 231 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 92 | 69 | 7 | 76 | 90 | 65 | 231 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1911— Hospitals) | 523 | 2 | 16 | 134 | 106 | 197 | 63 | 5 | 148 | 226 | 149 | 523 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1911— Private and Schools) | 347 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 73 | 124 | 59 | 8 | 92 | 119 | 136 | 347 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1964 | 70 | 248 | 532 | 304 | 515 | 261 | 34 | 606 | 802 | 556 | 1964 | 204 | 266 | 140 | 610 |
* See page 123. † See page 112. ** See page 114. ft See page 116. ‡ See page 106.
§ See page 131. ¶ See page 132,