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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SPOTTED FEVER. EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.1 Number of Cases. Eight cases occurred within the Borough—2 Poplar, 4 Bromley, and 2 Bow.
| Isolation. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Totals. | |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 1 | 1 | ||
| London Hospital | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Poplar Hospital | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Five patients died from Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis—-1 Poplar, 1
Bromley and 3 Bow.
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS, OR ACUTE POLIOENCEPHALITIS,
AND ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS
LETHARGICA
No cases of Polio-myelitis were notified.
One case of Polio-encephalitis occurred in Bromley Sub-District.
Patient died at home.
Seven cases of Encephalitis Lethargica occurred—2 in Poplar. 3 in
Bromley and 2 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