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Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1924.
Summary of Quarterly Returns to the London County Council.
| Quarter ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March. | June. | September. | December. | ||
| Number of Cases on Register at commencement of quarter | 3,880 | 3,882 | 3,796 | 3,113 | |
| Number of New Cases notified | 89 | 72 | 68 | 50 | |
| Number of Cases removed from Register | 87 | 158 | 751 | 950 | |
| Number of Cases on Register at end of quarter. | Pulmonary | 2,509 | 2,446 | 2,028 | 1,514 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 1,373 | 1,450 | 1,085 | 699 | |
| Totals | 3,882 | 3,796 | 3.113 | 2,213 | |
Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all Deaths from the disease:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 1 | — | — | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | — | — | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 |
| 15 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | — | I |
| 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | — |
| 25 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 1 | — |
| 35 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 55 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 124 | 89 | 35 | 37 | 91 | 62 | 15 | 10 |