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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases of continued and typhus fever were notified.
TYPHOID FEVER. Notifications; Rate per 1,000 Living; Drainage of Premises; Isolation; Shellfish and Predisposing Causes; Errors in Diagnosis; Bacteriological Examinations of Doubtful and Convalescent Cases; Deaths. Notifications. The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
| Poplar. Br | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 80 | 218 | 64 | 362 | |
| 1894 | 72 | 84 | 45 | 201 | |
| 1895 | 56 | 80 | 34 | 170 | |
| 1896 | 85 | 68 | 33 | 186 | |
| 1897 | 61 | 87 | 47 | 195 | |
| 1898 | 68 | 51 | 38 | 157 | |
| 1899 | 143 | 92 | 34 | 269 | |
| 1900 | 90 | 100 | 78 | 268 | |
| 1901 | 46 | 88 | 37 | 171 | |
| 1902 | 77 | 83 | 49 | 209 | |
| 1903 | 34 | 38 | 21 | 93 | |
| 1904 | 32 | 39 | 22 | 93 | |
| 1905 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 70 | |
| 1906 | 33 | 37 | 16 | 86 | |
| 1907 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 81 | |
| 1908 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 61 | |
| 1909 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 54 | |
| 1910 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 62 | |
| 1911 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 63 | |
| 1912 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36* | |
| 1913 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 | |
| 1st quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
| Poplar | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Bromley | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| Bow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 40 | |
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
* The lowest number of cases recorded in the past twenty-one years.