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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of Visits by Medical Staff.
| Reason for Visit . | Doubtful Smallpox cases. | Cases of Chickenpox. | Smallpox Contacts. | School exclusions. | Miscellaneous. | Total visits by medical staff. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | S.P.+ | Not S.P. orC.P. | C.P.+ | S.P.+ | C.P.+ | NotC.P. or S.P. | |||||
| Medical Officer of Health | (a) | 52 | 60 | 8 | *4 | 363 | 16 | †422 | 393 | 200 | 1,518 |
| (b) | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | |
| (c) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis Officer | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 48 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 116 | |
| Assistant Tuberculosis Officer | 3 | – | – | – | 38 | 2 | 21 | 170 | 1 | 235 | |
| Total | 1,879 | ||||||||||
Note, (a) Poplar residents.
(b) Non-residents seen at Poplar Hospital.
(c) Non-resident—contact of Poplar family.
* In connection with these 4 cases, 3 further cases of Smallpox were discovered in the four houses,
† 5 cases of Smallpox from Shelter.