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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Eight premises with outworkers were connected with infectious cases:
2 diphtheria, 5 scarlet fever and 1 measles.
No notices were served under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
Sections 108 and 110, but, where there was any risk of infection the work
was discontinued, and any work found on the premises was disinfected
before being returned.
Removal of Cases of Notifiable Diseases to Hospital.
| Disease. | M.A.B. Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions | General Hospitals etc. | Total Removals | Percentage of cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 340 | 1 | 1 | 342 | 98.3 |
| Erysipelas | — | 13 | 1 | 14 | 24.6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 453 | — | — | 453 | 98.5 |
| Enteric fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 75.0 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 75.0 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | 2 | 2 | 66.6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | 4 | 10 | 71.4 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17.4 | |
| Pneumonia | — | 243 | 3 | 246 | 39.9 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | 1 | 100. |
| Anthrax | — | — | 1 | 1 | 100. |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, etc. | — | — | 1 | 1 | 25.0 |
N.B.—Cases reported to be "not suffering" have been excluded
from above table.