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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications; Institutions; Errors in Diagnosis; Bacteriological
Examinations; Infectious Diseases in Milk Shops
and on homeworkers' premises; removal difficulties—
Scarcity of Nurses—Metropolitan Asylums Board; Suggested
Metropolitan Ambulance Service; London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1913 (see page 212)—agreements as to
Ambulance Services; Nurses Registration bill.
Notifications.
There were 534 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 516 in
Bromley, and 345 in Bow, making a total of 1,395 for the Borough of
Poplar ; these do not include 57 second notifications.
In the above figures no deductions have been made for cases removed
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals, which were certified as
not having a notifiable disease.
The notification rate per 1000 living being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 16.2 | — |
| 1895 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 15.8 | — |
| 1896 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | — |
| 1897 | 11.49 | 14.50 | 16.04 | — |
| 1898 | 9.57 | 9.61 | 6.39 | — |
| 1899 | 8.99 | 7.98 | 6.70 | — |
| 1900 | 12.50 | 8.36 | 7.04 | — |
| 1901 | 9.68 | 11.72 | 5.73 | 9.52 |
| 1902 | 17.19 | 19.77 | 15.65 | 17.84 |
| 1903 | 8.34 | 6.06 | 5.81 | 6.79 |
| 1904 | 10.15 | 14.04 | 12.36 | 12.26 |
| 1905 | 7.34 | 12.04 | 12.09 | 10.40 |
| 1906 | 5.43 | 6.87 | 7.55 | 6.54 |
| 1907 | 11.44 | 12.51 | 9.37 | 11.34 |
| 1908 | 9.07 | 12.43 | 11.15 | 10.91 |
| 1909 | 7.91 | 6.92 | 5.69 | 6.96 |
| 1910 | 5.30 | 6.42 | 4.22 | 5.46 |
| 1911 | 6.20 | 7.08 | 7.13 | 6.79 |
| 1912 | 4.90 | 5.50 | 4.84 | 5.13 |
| 1913 | 9.55 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.66 |
* See page 94 for corrected rates.