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Poplar 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XIX. 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 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 8 | ... | 51 | 43 | 8 | 51 | |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 626 | 17 | 251 | 281 | 54 | 22 | 1 | ... | 217 | 292 | 117 | 626 | 214 | 287 | 115 | *616 |
| Erysipelas | 69 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 66 | 9 | 15 | 8 | †32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 415 | 5 | 150 | 217 | 34 | 8 | 1 | ... | 111 | 181 | 123 | 415 | 103 | 173 | 119 | ‡395 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | 10 | 6 | 4 | ... | ¶10 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | §13 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | **4 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ††l | |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 36 | 36 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 372 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 79 | 160 | 73 | 5 | 150 | 140 | 82 | 372 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 118 | 3 | 26 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 40 | 28 | 118 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis Anthrax | 85 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 48 | 31 | 6 | 85 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 594 | 73 | 222 | 67 | 36 | 93 | 57 | 46 | 181 | 272 | 141 | 594 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | |||
| Totals | 2409 | 157 | 691 | 663 | 241 | 357 | 188 | 112 | 851 | 1026 | 532 | 2409 | 385 | 500 | 243 | 1128 |
* See page 63. † See page 60. † See page 60. ¶ See page 61. § See page 59.
** See page 67. †† See page 67.