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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.*
Notifications; Institutions; Errors in Diagnosis; Bacteriological
Examinations; Infectious Diseases in Milk SHors
and on homeworkers' premises; ClVIL and military sanitary
Services Co-operation.
Notifications.
There were 318 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 314 in
Broniley, and 157 in Bow, making a total of 789 for the Borough of
Poplar ; these do not include 32 second notifications.
In the above figures no deductions have been made for cases removed
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals, which were certified as
not having a notifiable disease.
The notification rate per 1,000 living being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 9.07 | 12.43 | 11.15 | 10.91 |
| 1909 | 7.91 | 6.92 | 5.69 | 6.96 |
| 1910 | 5.30 | 6.42 | 4.22 | 5.46 |
| 1911 | 6.20 | 7.08 | 7.13 | 6.79 |
| 1912 | 4.90 | 5.50 | 4.84 | 5.13 |
| 1913 | 9.55 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.66 |
| 1914 | 8.21 | 8.64 | 9.16 | 8.62 |
| 1915 | 7.77 | 8.77 | 10.27 | 8.80 |
| 1916 | 5.92 | 5.37 | 6.87 | 5.94 |
| 1917 | 6.38 | 5.46 | 4.33 | 5.50 |
*Exclusive of Zymotic Enteritis.