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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 345 | 16 | 111 | 185 | 18 | 11 | 4 | ... | 92 | 110 | 143 | 345 | *79 | 95 | 128 | *302 |
| Erysipelas | 170 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 55 | 44 | 15 | 54 | 82 | 34 | 170 | †9 | †12 | †4 | †25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 756 | 16 | 234 | 457 | 38 | 10 | 1 | ... | 332 | 276 | 148 | 756 | 318 | 257 | 138 | 713 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 40 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | ... | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 | ‡11 | ‡11 | ‡6 | ‡28 |
| Relapsing Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 19 | ... | ... | 8 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 111 | 14 | 121 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 | §1 | ... | §1 | §2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 47 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 17 | 6 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 773 | 4 | 41 | 172 | 117 | 277 | 138 | 24 | 267 | 326 | 180 | 773 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 284 | 11 | 50 | 151 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 100 | 120 | 64 | 284 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 2452 | 104 | 448 | 997 | 260 | 400 | 202 | 41 | 901 | 962 | 589 | 2452 | 425 | 386 | 282 | 1093 |
* See page 136. † See page 129. ‡ See page 132. * See page 119 § See page 146.