London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Cases Notified and Visited.
| Number of notifications received | 56 |
| Very slight cases | 44 |
| Died in Institutions (intercurrent disease) | — |
| Sight of one eye damaged | — |
| Recovered | 56 |
| Occurred in Institutions | 1 |
| Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners | 4 |
| Occurred in the practice of midwives | 5i |
| Admitted to hospital as in-patients | 5 |
| Treated as hospital out-patients | 3 |
| Treated privately | 48 |
| Visited by nurse | 12 |
ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
Notifiable June—September.
(Whole Borough).
| Notifications received | 112 |
| Died before notification received, under 1 year | 12 |
| " " 1- 2 years | 2 |
| Not traced | — |
| Visited | 98 |
| Under 1 year (see feeding below) | 40 |
| 1 to 2 years | 37 |
| 2 to 3 years | 10 |
| 3 to 4 years | 5 |
| 4 to 5 years | 6 |
| Admitted to or occurred in Hospital | 27 |