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Poplar 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE XX.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.

Notifiaiile Disease.Cases Notified in Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from. 1 Sub D istrict.
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
Small-pox5...1...112...5
Cholera, Plague...........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)2504751531332...2371
Erysipelas261...11811410†
Scarlet Fever4869110327328......455
Typhus Fever...........................
Enteric Fever9......32137†
Relapsing Fever...........................
Continued Fever...........................
Puerperal Fever10.........361...
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis42......11......4**
Poliomyelitis...........................
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica...........................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2525..................3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis18135282975392...
Other forms of Tuberculosis6441237542......
Zymotic Enteritis5525237...............
Anthrax1...............1...1||
Trench Fever1............1.........
Pneumonia (all forms)18236502018'30208...
Malaria1.........1............
Dysentery1............1.........
Totals1,3011092765761061398114731

* See page 64. † See page 60. ‡ See page 60. ¶ See page 62
§ See page 59. ** See page 67. || See page 58.
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