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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 1927

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

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Table: Excluding the cases who died during the year, 21 cases were investigated. The following is a summary of the reports submitted

Excluding the cases who died during the year, 21 cases were investigated. The following is a summary of the reports submitted

Recovered or much improved and returned to work or school4
In Institutions:—
Mental Hospitals3
Other Hospitals2
Industrial Home1
Convent1
7
Attending hospitals or otherwise undergoing treatment4
Suffering from after-effects but not receiving treatment4
Left the District2*
21

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*1 since died.
The 8 patients suffering from after-effects (excluding those in
Institutions) were affected as follows:—
Intelligence below normal, with loss of control over
limbs, in one case paralysis 3
Sleep, poor or excessive, with slow movements in one
case, and rolling of eyes in the other 2
Movements unsteady, no other ill-effects 1
Conduct abnormal (very spiteful, tendency to become
hysterical) 1
Squint 1
8
ACUTE POLIO-ENCEPHALITIS.
One case of Acute Polio-Encephalitis was notified. Death occurred
in Poplar Hospital prior to notification.
MEASLES.
963 cases of measles were reported to the Medical Officer of Health
from various sources (principally from L.C.C. schools). 8 deaths were
attributed to measles.