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Poplar 1914

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

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DIARRHŒA AND ENTERITIS
Diarrhœka and Enteritis, Circular Letter of the Local Government
Board; Suggested notification of Zymotic Enteritis;
Diarrhœa and Enteritis
Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to epidemic
diarrhoea, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis, zymotic enteritis, summer
diarrhoea, choleraic diarrhœa, cholera (other than Asiatic), gastroenteritis,
gastro-intestinal catarrh, muco-enteritis, colitis, etc

Table: Deaths from dysentery are not included, but tabulated separately, and seven fatal cases from this disease occurred in the Borough—2 Poplar 3 Bromley and 2 Bow—see Tables IX—XII

Deaths from dysentery are not included, but tabulated separately, and seven fatal cases from this disease occurred in the Borough—2 Poplar 3 Bromley and 2 Bow—see Tables IX—XII

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.London.
1911115132963435,433*
1912243514731,371*
19135564521713,098*
19145582581953,031*

Table: Deaths from diarrhœa† at all ages for the following eighteen years were as follows:—

Deaths from diarrhœa† at all ages for the following eighteen years were as follows:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.London.
18935483301673,446
1894202912611,780
18955256241323,600
18966172251583,223
18974668471614,104
189866124422324,376
18998299442254,196
19004892902303,564
19016578541973,931
19023539341082,504
19034677321552,958
190463117702504,801
190552102482023,410
190692120742864,424
1907193615701,510
19085154371422,592
1909324020921,577
1910273312721,368
* Under two years for London only, † Under the heading of "Diarrhœa" are included deaths registered as due to epidemic diarrhœa, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis, zymotic enteritis, summer diarrhœa, dysentery and dysenteric diarrhœa, choleraic diarrhoea, cholera (other than Asiatic or epidemic) and cholera nostras L 2