Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXVI.
'METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1917.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Sbb-D isteict. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 150 | 3 | 65 | 70 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | *131 |
| Erysipelas | 52 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 5 | †10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 74 | 4 | 18 | 48 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ‡71 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 16 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ¶13 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | **2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 215 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 41 | 91 | 21 | 6 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 124 | 4 | 36 | 69 | 7 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 646 | 104 | 263 | 61 | 47 | 89 | 63 | 19 | ... |
| Totals | 1299 | 130 | 410 | 300 | 113 | 212 | 103 | 31 | 231 |
*See page 86. †See page 79. ‡See page 80. ¶See page 82. §See page 76.
**See page 99.