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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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| Age Periods. | Notifications on Form A. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Notifications. | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Notifications | |
| Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
| Males | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Females | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 24 |
| Non-pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
| Males | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Females | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | — | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
The number of new cases who attended at the Dispensary during
the year 1915 was 1,323; of these, 236 were tuberculous (12 cases were
not notified or did not belong to the Borough).
There was a total of 6,673 attendances at the Dispensary.
The Committee of the Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention
of Consumption agreed to give facilities to the Council for the use
of their apparatus for bacteriological examinations in connection with
cases of suspected Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
Deaths, Tubercular Diseases and Phthisis—
Number and Rates see pages 13 and 14.
Disinfection of Rooms and Articles see page 91.
Milk and Dairies Act, see page 143.