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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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PHTHISIS.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 126 | 103 | 57 | 286 |
| 1907 | 94 | 91 | 53 | 238 |
| 1908 | 89 | 102 | 64 | 255 |
| 1909 | 72 | 96 | 69 | 237 |
| 1910 | 96 | 89 | 72 | 257 |
| 1911 | 73 | 86 | 69 | 228 |
| 1912 | 87 | 83 | 79 | 249 |
| 1913 | 97 | 97 | 65 | 259 |
| 1914 | 111 | 114 | 65 | 290 |
| 1915 | 102 | 104 | 63 | 269 |
PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS,
1912.
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications; Summaries of Notifications Received; Number
of Notifications on Form "D"; List of Non-Pulmonary
Cases; Actual Number of Cases on Register, end of year
1915; Bacteriological Examinations; Streets with which
Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were Connected; The
Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption;
Deaths, Tubercular Diseases and Phthisis—Numbers
and Rates, see pages 13 and 14; Disinfection of Rooms
and Articles, see page 91; Milk and Dairies Act, see page
143.
Notifications.
Upon notification of a case (not private) of pulmonary tuberculosis
under the regulations, the premises are visited and a card is left containing
instructions to the patient and friends as to precautions to he
taken by them. A spitting cup and bottle are loaned where necessary.
See Sanitary Inspectors' and Miss TattersalTs reports (pages 160-191),
In private cases medical practitioners are communicated with.