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Poplar 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital lrom each Sub-District. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10, | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 348 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 41 | 45 | 110 | 47 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 3 | — | 208 | 140 | 206 | 136 | 342 |
| Erysipelas | 57 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | l(i | 5 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 400 | 3 | 26 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 170 | 58 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 2 | — | 200 | 200 | 195 | 258 | 453 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | _ |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | _ | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis.. | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | __ | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 40 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 258 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 97 | 49 | 60 | 5 | 187 | 171 | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 160 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 07 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | _ | 20 | 47 | _ | _ | __ |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | |||||||||
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 017 | 91 | 101 | 58 | 42 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 25 | 49 | 38 | 71 | 50 | 360 | 257 | 124 | 122 | 246 |
| Malaria | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | 3 | — | — | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | |
| Dysentery | l | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Totals | 1995 | 178 | 158 | 158 | 151 | 146 | 376 | 148 | 94 | 235 | 119 | 170 | 62 | 1060 | 935 | 550 | 540 | 1090 |
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