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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SCARLET FEVER.
The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past ten years were as follows:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Cases notified | 395 | 550 | 334 | 1,279 |
| Deaths | 10 | 20 | 6 | 30 | |
| 1909 | Cases notified | 308 | 281 | 138 | 727 |
| Deaths | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 | |
| 1910 | Cases notified | 173 | 220 | 78 | 471 |
| Deaths | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1911 | Cases notified | 109 | 150 | 116 | 375 |
| Deaths | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1912 | Cases notified | 109 | 146 | 59 | 314 |
| Deaths | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1913 | Cases notified | 332 | 276 | 148 | 756 |
| Deaths | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1914 | Cases notified | 233 | 243 | 187 | 663 |
| Deaths | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1915 | Cases notified | 168 | 169 | 142 | 479 |
| Deaths | 4 | 4 | — | 8 | |
| 1916 | Cases notified | 114 | 103 | 91 | 308 |
| Deaths | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1917 | Cases notified | 81 | 74 | 50 | 205 |
| Deaths | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
72 cases in Poplar (Sub-District) were removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals, 71 in Bromley and 48 in Bow. So that
191 patients out of 205 notified cases in the Borough were isolated.
CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases of continued and typhus fever were notified.