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Poplar 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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67 .
SPOTTED FEVER.
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.*
Number of Cases.
Eleven cases occurred within the Borough—4 Poplar, 3 Bromley,
and 4 Bow.
Isolation.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | . — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Mild may Medical Mission Hospital | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| London Hospital | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Poplar Hospital | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Great Osmond Street | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Eight patients died from Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis—3 Poplar, 2
Bromley and 3 Bow. In one other notified case the cause of death was
given as " Cerebral Haemorrhage. P.M."
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS, OR ACUTE POLIOENCEPHALITIS,
AND ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS
LETHARGICA,
No cases of Polio-myelitis were notified.
Three cases of Encephalitis Lethargiea occurred in Bromley and one
in Bow.
* Posterior basal meningitis is included in the term " cerebro-spinal fever," which
does not include meningitis due to tuberculosis, syphilis, middle ear disease, or injury.