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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 110 | 7 | 33 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ... | *95 |
| Erysipelas | 82 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 23 | 8 | †12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 276 | 8 | 95 | 156 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | 257 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | ¶11 | |||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 516 | 36 | 135 | 228 | 42 | 40 | 27 | 8 | 386 |
* See page 136. †See page 129. ‡See page 132. See page 119.