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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXVIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 70 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | *62 |
| Erysipelas | 51 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 2 | †14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 54 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | ‡‡6 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ‡2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | §2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1908 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 15 | 2 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1911 —Hospitals) | 149 | ... | 5 | 29 | 31 | 63 | 20 | 1 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1911 —Private and Schools) | 136 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 42 | 27 | 4 | ... |
| Totals | 556 | 21 | 61 | 114 | 104 | 166 | 81 | 9 | 140 |
* See page 123. † See page 112. ‡‡ See page 116. † See page 106. § See page 131.