London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 1918 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 1919 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 1920 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 1921 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 57 |
| 1918 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 1919 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 58 |
| 1920 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 42 |
| 1921 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 77 |
Notification of Zymotic Enteritis (Summer Diarrhœa). Notifiable from 1st June to 30th September.
| Age periods. Years. | Number of notifications. | Number of deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | |
| Under 1 | 43 | 42 | 17 | 102 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 77 |
| 1—5 | 46 | 53 | 15 | 114 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 5—15 | 8 | 9 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—25 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 25—45 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 45—65 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 65 and upwards | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| All ages—totals | 104 | 128 | 35 | 267 | 44 | 40 | 28 | 112 |
* Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included deaths registered as due to
enteritis, much-enteritis and gastro-enteritis.