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Poplar 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XIX.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each 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 upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Small-pox | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | ... | 5 | 6 | ... | 11 | 5 | 6 | ... | 11 |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 698 | 21 | 226 | 393 | 38 | 16 | 4 | ... | 250 | 253 | 195 | 698 | 237 | 243 | 191 | *671 |
| Erysipelas | 84 | 5 | ... | 8 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 84 | 10 | 15 | 6 | †31 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1400 | 20 | 291 | 961 | 103 | 24 | 1 | ... | 486 | 610 | 304 | 1400 | 455 | 579 | 291 | ‡ 1325 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ... | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | † 12 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 16 | 2 | ... | 10 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 6 | §23 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 11 | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | **8 |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ††4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 61 | 61 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 25 | 11 | 61 | 3 | ... | 3 | 6 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 504 | 4 | 20 | 80 | 95 | 200 | 100 | 5 | 181 | 193 | 130 | 504 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 170 | 6 | 34 | 94 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 68 | 38 | 170 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 128 | 58 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 55 | 55 | 18 | 128 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ||2 |
| Trench Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 512 | 91 | 139 | 57 | 53 | 94 | 57 | 21 | 182 | 211 | 119 | 512 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 3638 | 268 | 764 | 1616 | 330 | 419 | 205 | 36 | 1301 | 1478 | 859 | 3038 | 731 | 860 | 504 | 2095 |
* See page 64.† See page 60. ‡ See page 60. ¶ See page 62. § See page 59.
** See page 67. †† See page 68. || See page 58.