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Poplar 1921
[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 Shop's and on Homeworkers' Premises.
Notifications.
There were 822 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 861 in
Bromley, and 531 in Bow, making a total of 2,214 for the Borough of
Poplar; these do not include 46 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 6.38 | 5.46 | 4.33 | 5.50 |
| 1918 | 5.46 | 4.83 | 3.80 | 4.79 |
| 1919 | 5.07 | 5.94 | 6.39 | 5.76 |
| 1920 | 14.25 | 14.38 | 13.40 | 14.08 |
| 1921 | 14.20 | 13.04 | 13.07 | 13.49 |
Corrected number of notifications and rates—
Poplar 822 — 37 = 785 or 13.65 per 1000 living.
Bromley 801 — 31 = 830 or 12.57 ,,
Bow 531 — 35 = 496 or 12 21 ,,
Borough of Poplar 2,214 —103 = 2,111 or 12.86 „
* Exclusive of Zymotic Enteritis, Pneumonia, Dysentery, Trench Fever,
Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum.