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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Respecting the stated causes and predisposing influences, etc., of some of the other cases, they are given below as received from the patients or their friends, viz.:—
| No. | Date. | Age. | Sex. | Address. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1913. Jan. 4th | 16 years | Male | Crew Street | Patient had been in a delicate state of health. |
| 2 | Jan. 4th | 18 years | Male | East Ferry Road | Patient had been in a delicate state of health. |
| 3 | May 31st | 17 years | Male | Castor Street | Plumber's apprentice. Boy Scout. Had been to camp with the Scouts at Guildford. |
| 4 | Sep. 2nd | 13 years | Female | Seyssell Street | Had stayed for a holiday (from the 7th to the 21st August) near Oxford, and states that the water was exceedingly bad in that District. Died 4th September. |
| 5 | Sep. 30th | 23 years | Female | Sick Asylum | Nurse (Staff). |
| G | Oct. 27th | 23 years | Male | Manchester Road ... | Patient is a ship's carpenter, ship lying in the Tilbury Dock. He complained of badly cooked food on his ship. He had also contracted a very severe chill. |
| 7 8 9 10 11 | Nov. 2nd | 6 years 4 years 2 years 8 years 3/12 years | Female Female Male Male Female | Tibhatts Road | Had all partaken of conger eel and skate purchased in the Devons Road 3 weeks previously. Four children slept together in room, used as a bed-living room by the whole family, same is overcrowded. A Widal re-action was obtained from the mother. |
| 12 | Nov. 15th | 61 years | Male | Abbott Road | Ambulatory. Had been ailing since August, and had never recovered from shock of two sisters being burnt to death. Died 15th November. |
| 13 | Dec. 4th | 19 years | Female | East Ferry Road | Following double pneumonia. |
40 cases of typhoid fever were notified during the year, but in many
instances no causes or predisposing influences were stated.
Errors in Diagnosis.
Two cases sent to Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals from
Poplar, were certified (see list, page 92) as not suffering from typhoid
fever—so that in the 40 notified cases, two patients were certified from
hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board* as not suffering from the
complaint.
* Fifteen cases were removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board,
and thirteen were treated in other institutions. (See pages 133-134.)