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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Bow ( Sub-District).
Notifications on Form A. Number of Notifications.
| Age Periods. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 25 to to 25 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Notifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary— Males | — | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | — | 53 |
| Females | — | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | — | 44 |
| Non-pulmonary— Males | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Females | — | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| Totals | — | 5 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 9 28 | 24 | 10 | 4 | — | 123 |
The number of new cases who attended at the Dispensary durin
the year 1917 was 1,449; of these, 376 were tuberculous.
There was a total of 9,470 attendances at the Dispensary.
Death Tubercular Diseases and Phthisis—
Number and Rates see pages 16 and 17
Disinfection of Rooms and Articles see page 67