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Poplar 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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48
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.*
Notifications; Institutions; Errors in Diagnosis; Infectious
Diseases in Milk SHors and on Homeworkers' Premises.
Notifications.
There were 791 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 920 in
Bromley, and 540 in Bow, making a total of 2,251 for the Borough of
Popiar ; these do not include 59 second notifications.
In the above figures no deductions have been made for cases removed
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals, which were afterwards
certified as not having a notifiable disease.
The uncorrected notification rate per 1,000 living being :—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 592 | 5 37 | 6.87 | 5.94 |
| 1917 | 6.38 | 5.46 | 4.33 | 5.50 |
| 1918 | 5.46 | 4.83 | 3.80 | 4.79 |
| 1919 | 5.07 | 594 | 6.39 | 5.76 |
| 1920 | 14.25 | 14.38 | 13.40 | .. 14.08 |
Corrected number of notifications and rates—
Poplar 791 — 14 = 777 or 13-99 per 1000 living.
Bromley 920 — 18 = 902 or 14 10 „
Bow540 — 11 = 529 or 13 12 „
Borough of Poplar 2.251 — 43 =2,208 or 13.82 „
* Exclusive of Zymotic Enteritis, Pneumonia, Dysentery, Tren'h Fever,
Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum.