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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TABLE XXVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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.) | |||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 85 | 3 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | *70 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 7 | †21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 109 | 1 | 28 | 69 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 100 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ‡‡8 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | §1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1908 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 3 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1911 —Hospitals) | 148 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 57 | 20 | 1 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1911 —Private and Schools) | 92 | ... | 5 | 20 | 13 | 39 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 606 | 23 | 81 | 170 | 82 | 148 | 91 | 11 | 204 |
* See page 123. † See page 112. ‡‡See page 116. % See page 106. § See page 131