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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Borough of Poplar.
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 648 | 20 | 235 | 323 | 36 | 32 | 2 | ... | 206 | 273 | 169 | 648 | 193 | 267 | 166 | *626 |
| Erysipelas | 95 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 28 | 43 | 24 | 95 | 12 | 24 | 11 | †47 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1423 | 22 | 362 | 907 | 103 | 28 | 1 | ... | 571 | 527 | 325 | 1423 | 532 | 488 | 302 | ‡1322 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 16 | ... | ... | 5 | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ¶16 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 13 | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | §13 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | **6 |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ††6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 47 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 | 12 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 3 | ... | 6 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 392 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 90 | 175 | 68 | 8 | 142 | 163 | 87 | 392 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 114 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 48 | 17 | 114 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 267 | 102 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 104 | 128 | 35 | 267 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 349 | 43 | 89 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 61 | 24 | 130 | 134 | 85 | 349 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 3392 | 247 | 848 | 1393 | 317 | 358 | 177 | 52 | 1283 | 1350 | 759 | 3392 | 758 | 796 | 492 | 2046 |
* See page 63. † See page 60. ‡ See page 60. ¶ See page 61. § See page 59.
** See page 67. ft See page 67.