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Poplar 1921

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

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Table: TABLE XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1921.

TABLE XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1921.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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
Small-pox...........................
Cholera, Plague...........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)2067741021013......193*
Erysipelas28......21712612†
Scarlet Fever57110149359458......532
Typhus Fever...........................
Enteric Fever9......252......911
Relapsing Fever...........................
Continued Fever...........................
Puerperal Fever4............4......3§
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis2...2...............1**
Poliomyelitis...........................
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica2.....................2††
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3232..................3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis142...3193855234...
Other forms of Tuberculosis493151687.........
Zymotic Enteritis10443468142......
Anthrax...........................
Trench Fever...........................
Pneumonia (all forms)1302336151614206...
Malaria3.........12......2
Dysentery1...............1...1
Totals1,2831183255231271165816758

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* See page 63. † See page 60. ‡ See page 60. ¶ See page 61
§ See page 59. ** See page 67. †† See page 67
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