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Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications; Institutions ; Errors in Diagnosis ; Bacteriological
Examinations; Infectious Diseases in Milk Shops
and on Homeworkers' premises; London County Council
and Suggestion of new "Order" to the Local Government
Board re Infectious Diseases; Metropolitan Asylums Board
Accommodation; The Medical Officer of Health as Sanitary
Adviser to the Military Authorities; Precautions—Civil
and Military; Bathing and Wash-house Facilities for
Soldiers ; Nurse Registration Bill.
Notifications.
There were 459 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 557 in
Bromley, and 373 in Bow, making a total of 1,388 for the Borough of
Poplar ; these do hot include 100 second notifications.
In the above figures no deductions have been made for cases removed
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals, which were certified as
not having a notifiable disease.
The notification rate per 1000 living being :—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 16.2 | - |
| 1895 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 15.8 | - |
| 1896 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | - |
| 1897 | 11.49 | 14.50 | 16.04 | - |
| 1898 | 9.57 | 9.61 | 6.39 | - |
| 1899 | 8.99 | 7.98 | 6.70 | - |
| 1900 | 12.50 | 8.36 | 7.04 | - |
| 1901 | 9.68 | 11.72 | 5.73 | 9.52 |
| 1902 | 17.19 | 19.77 | 15.65 | 17.84 |
| 1903 | 8.34 | 6.06 | 5.81 | 6.79 |
| 1904 | 10.15 | 14.04 | 12.36 | 12.26 |
| 1905 | 7.34 | 12.04 | 12.09 | 10.40 |
| 1906 | 5.43 | 6.87 | 7.55 | 6.54 |
| 1907 | 11.44 | 12.51 | 9.37 | 11.34 |
| 1908 | 9.07 | 12.43 | 11.15 | 10.91 |
| 1909 | 7.91 | 6.92 | 5.69 | 6.96 |
| 1910 | 5.30 | 6.42 | 4.22 | 5.46 |
| 1911 | 6.20 | 7.08 | 7.13 | 6.79 |
| 1912 | 4.90 | 5.50 | 4.84 | 5.13 |
| 1913 | 9.55 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.66 |
| 1914 | 8.21 | 8.64 | 9.16 | 8.62 |
* See page 109 for corrected rates.