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Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXVIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.
| 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) | 109 | 2 | 46 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | *95 |
| Erysipelas | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | †12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 187 | 1 | 50 | 121 | 12 | 3 | ... | ... | 176 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ‡4 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ¶5 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | §2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 175 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 32 | 58 | 29 | 4 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 49 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 10 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 596 | 28 | 115 | 241 | 58 | 99 | 48 | 7 | 294 |
* See page 150. † See page 142. ‡ See page 148. ¶ See page 136. § See page 163.