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Poplar 1922
[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 Shops and on Homeworkers' Premises.
Notifications.
There were 406 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar, 530 in
Bromley, and 260 in Bow, making a total of 1,196 for the Borough of
Poplar ; these do not include 47 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 | 14.30 | 13.04 | 13.07 | 13.49 |
| 1922 | 6.99 | 7.94 | 6.34 | 7.21 |
Corrected number of notifications and rates—
| Poplar | 406 — 31 = 375 or 6 46 per 1000 living. |
| Bromley | 530 — 34 = 49G or 7.43 |
| Bow | 260 — 30 = 230 or 5.61 |
| Borough of Poplar | 1,196 — 95 =1,101 or 6.64 |
* Exclusive of Zymotic Enteritis, Pneumonia, Dysentery, Trench Fever,
Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum.