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Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
One case of Cerebro-Spinal Fever was notified. The patient had been
admitted to a Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital suffering from
Measles and died there. The cause of death was Broncho-pneumonia,
Measles, Meningococcal Meningitis.
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ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
Two cases of Acute Poliomyelitis occurred. One was an inmate of
Poplar Hospital (home address in Barking). The other patient was
treated in the East London Hospital. One patient who was notified
in 1927 died in 1928.
ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.
Five notifications were received. In three cases diagnosis was not
confirmed, leaving two true cases. Of these one patient died at home,
and the other is now attending the Out-Patients' Department of the
London Hospital.
Cases of Encephalitis Lethargica are kept under observation until
the acute stage has passed. Subsequently, periodical visits are made and
reports as to the condition of patients are forwarded to the London County
Council.
Excluding the cases who died during the year, 32 cases were investigated. The following is a summary of the reports submitted:—
| Recovered or much improved and returned to work or school | 15 | |
| In Institutions:— | ||
| Mental Hospitals | *2 | |
| Other Hospitals | 2 | |
| Convent | 1 | |
| 5 | ||
| Attending hospitals or otherwise undergoing treatment | 7 | |
| Suffering from after-effects but not receiving treatment | 2 | |
| Left the District | 3 | |
| 32 | ||
*1 since died.