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Poplar 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE XXVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year1917.

TABLE XXVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year1917.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.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 u pwards.
Small-pox...........................
Cholera, Plague...........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)681164443......*62
Erysipelas263123755†9
Scarlet Fever50...18302.........‡48
Typhus Fever...........................
Enteric Fever4......211......¶4
Relapsing Fever...........................
Continued Fever...........................
Puerperal Fever3............3......§3
•Cerebro-Spinal .Meningitis1.........1.........**1
Poliomyelitis...........................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55.....................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis175...7293181252...
-Other forms of Tuberculosis59103693...1...
Zymotic Enteritis16334495832305...
Totals55443101148591306013127

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*See page £6. †See page 79. ‡See page 80. ¶See page 82. §See page 76.
**See page 99.