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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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is carried out free of charge upon application being made to the Public
Health Department; the midwife, should there be one, and all other
persons in attendance upon the patient, are also communicated with by
letter in which the above warning and information are embodied ;
the London County Council are also informed of the case; and the
premises and clothes of the patient are disinfected in due course.
Deaths.
Two patients died—1 Poplar, 1 Bromley, and — Bow.
SMALL-POX.
No case of small-pox was notified during the year.
VACCINATION.
Vaccination Return, l!>14; The Public Death (Small-pox
Prevention) Regulations, 1907.
Vaccination Return, 1916.
The Vaccination Officer, Mr. Ryan, has kindly furnished me with
the following statistics, which are the latest Local Government Board's
Vaccination Return for the year 1916.
1916
1st January to 31st December
| Births notified. | Successful Vaccinations. | Insusceptible. | Dead. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 1,512 | 464 | 1 | 109 |
| Bromley | 1,846 | 458 | — | 158 |
| Bow | 1,037 | 222 | 3 | 66 |
| Totals | 4,395 | 1,144 | 4 | 333 |
The Public Health (Small-Pox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
The Local Government Board made an Order empowering Medical
Officers of Health to perform vaccination or re-vaccination of persons
who have come in contact with small pox and are willing to be vaccinated.
The Local Authority to arrange to pay the Medical Officer of Health
such sum as is reasonable for the extra work, which the Board considers