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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXVIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.
| 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. i | 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) | 143 | 3 | 43 | 79 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ... | *128 |
| Erysipelas | 34 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 148 | 2 | 47 | 84 | 7 | 7 | 1 | ... | 138 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ¶4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | §l |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 345 | 12 | 93 | 169 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 282 |
* See page 136. †See page 129. ‡See page 132. ¶See page 119. § See page 146.