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Poplar 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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London Notification of Glanders Order, 1907.
No notice was received from the Veterinary Inspector of the London
County Council of the existence of glanders at premises in the Borough.
Erysipelas.
81 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year. Three 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 not called in during the year.
The following is a summary of the notifications, etc., during the
year:—
Puerperal
Fever.
Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Cases notified 9 28
Removed to L .C .C. Fever Hospitals 7 4
Treated in other Hospitals 2 23
Treated at home — 1
Specialist called in — —
Deaths 6* 1†
* Two were not notified patients; our first intimation in each case
was the report of the death.
† Cause of death, "Cardiac failure. Lobar Pneumonia."
Continued and Typhus Fevers.
No case of continued fever occurred. No case of typhus fever
occurred.