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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXIV.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Borough of Poplar.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1917.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 360 | 11 | 148 | 179 | 19 | 9 | ... | ... | 148 | 150 | 68 | 366 | 143 | *131 | *62 | *336 |
| Erysipelas | 117 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 21 | 39 | 52 | 26 | 117 | 113 | †10 | †9 | †32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 205 | 6 | 71 | 120 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 81 | 74 | 50 | 205 | 172 | ‡71 | ‡48 | ‡191 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 39 | ... | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | ... | 19 | 16 | 4 | 39 | ¶16 | 113 | ¶4 | ¶33 |
| Relapsing Fever.. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever.. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever .. | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 9 | ... | ... | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | §5 | §4 | §3 | §12 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | **3 | **2 | **1 | **6 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 35 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 12 | 5 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... | 605 | 2 | 36 | 97 | 113 | 270 | 76 | 11 | 215 | 215 | 175 | 605 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis .. | 299 | 4 | 83 | 164 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 116 | 124 | 59 | 299 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 1218 | 208 | 500 | 123 | 79 | 154 | 20 | 34 | 409 | 646 | 163 | 1218 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 2911 | 273 | 856 | 712 | 262 | 502 | 238 | 68 | 1058 | 1299 | 554 | 2911 | 252 | 231 | 127 | 610 |
*See page 80. †See page 79. ‡See page 80. ¶See page 82. §See page 76.
**See page 99.