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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past ten years were as follows:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Cases notified | 157 | 281 | 133 | 571 |
| Deaths | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1907 | Cases notified | 478 | 594 | 211 | 1,283 |
| Deaths | 15 | 22 | 6 | 43 | |
| 1908 | Cases notified | 395 | 550 | 334 | 1,279 |
| Deaths | 10 | 20 | 6 | 36 | |
| 1909 | Cases notified | 308 | 281 | 138 | 727 |
| Deaths | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 | |
| 1910 | Cases notified | 173 | 220 | 78 | 471 |
| Deaths | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1911 | Cases notified | 109 | 150 | 116 | 375 |
| Deaths | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1912 | Cases notified | 109 | 146 | 59 | 314 |
| Deaths | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1913 | Cases notified | 332 | 276 | 148 | 756 |
| Deaths | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1914 | Cases notified | 233 | 243 | 187 | 663 |
| Deaths | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1915 | Cases notified | 168 „ | 169 | 142 | 479 |
| Deaths | 4 | 4 | — | 8 |
154 cases in Poplar (Sub-District) were removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals, 154 in Bromley and 133 in Bow. So that
441 patients out of 479 notified cases in the Borough were isolated.
CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases of continued and typhus fever were notified.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Notifications; Bate per 1,000 Living; Drainage of Premises;
Isolation; Shellfish and Predisposing Causes; Errors in
Diagnosis; Bacteriological Examinations of Doubtful and
Convalescent Cases; Deaths.