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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
Notifiable diseases during the Year 1935' (52 Weeks.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths in Age-Periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Aees-Years. | At Ages-Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 t0 10 | 15 to 10 | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | At all Ages | 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| Chiekenpox | 400 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 45 | 230 | 28 | 8 | 3 | – | – | - | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 445 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 41 | 43 | 210 | 52 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 444 | 11 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Erysipelas | 74 | 5 | 1 | 2 | j | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 31 | 3 | – | 1 | – | - | - | - | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 309 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 35 | 36 | 101 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 7 | - | _ | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | - | – | – | – | - | - | - | - | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | – | – | - | - | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | - | – | 12 | 5 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | – | – | - | - | –– | – | – | – | 16 | 3 | - | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | - | - | 1 | – | 5 | 4‡ | 1 | – | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | - | - | - | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthlmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 33 | 8 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 238 | 33 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 38 | 17 | 116 | 43† | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | – | – | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| Acute Influenzal | 16 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | - | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | – | I† | - | - | _ | _ | -- | - | – | – | - | - | 1 | ||
| Acute Polioencephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1** | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | – |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | l | – | – | – | – | – | – | v | 2 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | |
| Totals | 1566 | 86 | 99 | 108 | 134 | 131 | 571 | 137 | 53 | 99 I 48 | 71 | 29 | 966 | 87 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 10 | |
This table does not include cases in which the original diagnosis was not confirmed.
† Notified patients only. § Non-notified cases; inmates of mental hospitals outside London. ** Old Polioencephalomyelitis—not notified in Poplar.
* Notifiable 1st June to 30th September, but the number of deaths relates to the whole year. { One patient not notified, see page 8(5.
(An analysis of cases and deaths by Wards is given in a separate Table on next page.)