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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Erysipelas.
99 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year. Six deaths
occurred.
Puerperal Fever, etc.
Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia)
Regulations, 1926.
The Consulting Obstetrician appointed under the above Regulations,
Dr. Malcolm Donaldson, was called upon to visit two cases of Puerperal
Fever.
The following is a summary of the notifications, etc., during the year
| Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. |
|---|---|
| Cases notified 15 | 23 |
| Removed to L.C.C. Fever Hospitals 6 | 4 |
| Treated in other Hospitals 8 | 18 |
| Treated at home 1 | 1 |
| Specialist called in 2 | — |
| Deaths 4 | _1 |
* One patient died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Continued and Typhus Fevers.
No case of continued fever occurred. No case of typhus fever
occurred.
Cerebrospinal Fever.
8 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified, and the patients were
removed to hospital. Five cases terminated fatally.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
5 cases were notified, and were treated in various hospitals.