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Poplar 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR (Whole Borough).
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912.
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st February, 1913, to the end of the week ending on 3rd January, 1914.
Age Periods.
Number of Notifications on Form A.
Total
Notifications
(i.e., including
cases
previously
notified
by other
doctors).
Number of Notifications on
Form B.
Number of
Notifications
on Form C.‡
Primary Notifications.
Primary
Notifications.
Total
Notifications
(i.e., including
cases
previously
notified
by other
doctors).
Poor LawInstitu
tions.
Sanatoria.
0
to
1
1
to
5
5
to
10
10
to
15
15
to
20
20
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
and
upwards.
Total.
Under
5
5
to
10
10
to
15
Total.
Pulmonary—
Males
3
20
43
26
27
30
57
58
57
29
14
364
495
2
7
1
10
11
121
38
Females
1
18
55
28
29
31
88
74
38
14
10
386
484
1
4
8
13
16
54
24
Non-Pulmonary—
Males
5
31
46
22
12
11
4
8
6
1
1
147*
165
—
11
13
24*
27
19
2
Females
6
18
26
27
9
8
6
1
2
2
1
106*
122
1
5
1
7*
8
10
2
Totals
15
87
170
103
77
80
155
141
103
46
26
1,003
1,266
4
27
23
54
62
204†
66†
Form A Form B
*Bones & Joints—
Ankle 5 —
Cheek Bone 1 —
klbow 2 —
Hands and Feet 7 1
Hip 46 8
Jaw Bone — 1
Form A Form B
Knee 18 3
Leg 2 —
Rib 2 —
Shoulder 1 —
Spine 30 6
Sternum 1 —
Wrist 3 1
Form A Form B
Glandular—
Axillary 4 —
Chin 1 —
Groin 1 —
Mediastinum 4 —
Neck 62 11
Other 5 —
Form A Form B
Organs—
Eyes 2 —
Intestines 7 —
Kidneys 4 —
Larynx 5 —
Form A Form B
Various—
Meninges 21 —
Peritoneum 12 —
Skin 20 —
Others 11 —
Some patients are included twice, having been notified as suffering from Tuberculosis in various parts of the body.
† These figures do not represent the total admissions, as some of the inmates were notified on Form A—tee Article VII. (a) of the Regulations.
‡ Some of these notifications represent new cases which have not been notified in Poplar on either form A or B.