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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Errors in Diagnosis.
Twelve cases of diphtheria admitted into Metropolitan Asylums
Board's hospitals were certified as not having the complaint, 5 Poplar,
3 Bromley and 4 Bow.
No deductions have been made in respect of these patients.
Isolation.
143 cases in Poplar, 131 in Bromley, and 62 in Bow were removed
to various hospitals for treatment as follows:—
Poplar (Sub-District).
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 137
East London Hospital for Children 5
Poplar Hospital 1
143
Bromley.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 28
Sick Asylum 3
131
Bow.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 62
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