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Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
TABLE III
Notifiable diseases during the Year.
(52 Weeks ended 28th December, 1929).
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in Age-Periods. | Total deaths in each Sub-District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | Total Cases Removed. | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | |||
| Smallpox | 157 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 157 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 494 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 57 | 44 | 215 | 61 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 3 | — | 309 | 185 | 308 | 185 | 493 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | 84 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 737 | 4 | 24 | 37 | 65 | 69 | 338 | 113 | 38 | 45 | 2 | 2 | — | 457 | 280 | 454 | 278 | 732 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 57 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 149 | 53 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | — | — | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 74 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 22 | 22 |
| Anthrax | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 674 | 73 | 97 | 62 | 39 | 34 | 78 | 18 | 29 | 68 | 36 | 81 | 59 | 414 | 260 | 82 | 119 | 201 | 108 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 50 | 58 |
| ,, Acute Influenzal | 61 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Chickenpox | 987 | 48 | 74 | 71 | 98 | 122 | 09 | 49 | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | 568 | 419 | 6 | 17 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 3444 | 248 | 274 | 218 | 272 | 280 | 1199 | 276 | 127 | 233 | 87 | 149 | 81 | 2052 | 1392 | 980 | 735 | 1715 | 204 | 51 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 99 | 105 |
This table does not include cases in which original diagnosis was not continued,
N. B. —The deaths from Acute Primary Pneumonia are of notified patients only
*Notifiable 1st June to 30th September.