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Poplar 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notifications.
There were 1,637 notifications of cases of infectious diseases, excluding
62 second notifications and 96 cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed.
The notification rate was 9.8 as against 5.7, 13.8, 12.9, 6.6
and 9.2 for the preceding five years.

Table: Number of Cases Occurring in Institutions.Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the Borough were as follows:—

Number of Cases Occurring in Institutions.

Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the Borough were as follows:—

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Diphtheria. !Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Smallpox.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms).Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Smallpox.Puerperal Fever.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms).
Poplar Institution13....5........8....5**........
St. Andrew's Hospital63..3+..........3**..3**........
Bow Institution3..............3..............
Bromley House Institution................................
Langley House, 54, East India Dock Road31............21**..........2*
Poplar Hospital21+..1+..........1*..1**........

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Admitted into St. Andrew's Hospital. ** Removed to M.A.B. Hospitals,
t Staft. II Kemoved to London Fever Hospital.
Infectious Diseases in Milkshops and Homeworkers' Premises.
Two cases of infectious disease (1 scarlet fever and 1 measles) were
connected with milkshops.