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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII. Notifiable diseases during the Year. (53 Weeks ended 3rd January, 1931.)
| 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. | 1 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. | |||
| Small pox | 628 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 126 | 115 | 94 | 121 | 35 | 68 | 6 | 256 | 372 | 256 | 372 | 628 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Chicken pox | 1281 | 73 | 87 | 76 | 134 | 184 | 634 | 70 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 832 | 449 | 29 | 10 | 44 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (c) Plague(P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —__ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | |
| Duphtderia (including membranous Croup) | 560 | 15 | 35 | — | 56 | 64 | 203 | 65 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 342 | 218 | 341 | 215 | 556 | 17 | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 110 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 61 | 49 | 17 | 27 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 615 | 2 | 34 | 42 | 60 | 60 | 246 | 91 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 2 | — | 359 | 256 | 354 | 254 | 608 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | —__ | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — |
| Puerperal Pyerxia | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cerebri Spinal fever | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Encephalitis letdargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophtdamia Neonatorum | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 8 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| * Zymotic Enteritis | 169 | 51 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 12 | — | 10 | 1 | — | 103 | 5 | 9 | 14 | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 10 | — |
| Antdrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | __ | — | — | — | — | _— | —_ | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 468 | 72 | 63 | 42 | 36 | 17 | 47 | 14 | 22 | 54 | 30 | 52 | 19 | 282 | 186 | 67 | 86 | 153 | 70 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 36 | 36 |
| „ Acute Influenzal | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | —— | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | —— | — | — | —— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 3907 | 275 | 262 | 246 | 314 | 352 | 1277 | 367 | 190 287 | 108 | 186 | 34 | 2253 | 1654 | 1088 | 993 | 2081 | 130 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 63 | 67 | |
This table does not include cases in which original diagnosis was not confirmed,
N.B.—The deaths from Acute Primary Pnenmonia are of notified patients only.
* Notifiable 1st June to 30th September, but the number of deaths relates to the whole year.