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Poplar 1914

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

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Table: TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.

TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.

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................................................
Cholera, Plague................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)35281361791793...89154109352*81*123*95*299
Erysipelas2225617305882247610442222†19†18†-12†49
Scarlet Fever66381664264518...233243187663208227176611
Typhus Fever................................................
Enteric Fever34...189133...1513634‡15‡ 12‡4‡31
Relapsing Fever................................................
Continued Fever................................................
Puerperal Fever23.........617......87823¶18¶4¶5¶17
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis9332......1...4329§2§2§2§6
Poliomyelitis817...............5218**1......**1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum7575..................28301775............
Anthrax2............2......11...2............
Pulmonary Tuberculosis671143315411423310716228268175671............
Other forms of Tuberculosis23614471172725517910849236............
Totals22951283999032483752014176693359622953343862941014

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* See page 156. † See page 142. ‡ See page 148. ¶See page 136. § See page 163.
** See page 164.
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