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Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
Notifiable diseases during the Year 1934.
(52 Weeks.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths if Age-Periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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. | ||||
| Smallpox | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chickenpox | 554 | 22 | 28 | 42 | 49 | 53 | 282 | 59 | 12 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 650 | 6 | 29 | 39 | 65 | 81 | 271 | 89 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 6 | — | 649 | 22 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 83 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 40 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 577 | 3 | 29 | 45 | 64 | 53 | 212 | 103 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 2 | — | 559 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | 6 | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3§ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 38 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | 22 | 18 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 511 | 86 | 68 | 68 | 42 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 23 | 59 | 34 | 185 | 81† | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 |
| „ Acute Influenzal | 23 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8† | — | — | — | — | — | i | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 16 | 1‡ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2528 | 149 | 172 | 204 | 229 | 214 | 814 | 270 | 84 | 189 | 58 | 99 | 46 | 1544 | 152 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 21 |
This table does not include cases in which the original diagnosis was not confirmed, but see note on page 101 regarding the cases of Dysentery.
†Notified patients only.
*Notifiable 1st June to 30th September, but the number of deaths relates to the whole year. ‡One patient died, see page 101. §Includes 2 non-notified cases.
(An analysis of cases and deaths by Wards is given in a separate Table on next page.)