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Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII. Notifiable diseases during the Year 1936. (53 Weeks.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths in 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 406 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 51 | 180 | 55 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 406 | 13 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 16 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 433 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 28 | 57 | 167 | 65 | 26 | 34 | 3 | 1 | — | 428 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (inoluding Paratyphoid) | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 1 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 56 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 316 | 41 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 50 | 30 | 133 | 81 † | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| ,, Acute Influenzal | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 † | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1336 | 87 | 89 | 81 | 85 | 120 | 388 | 131 | 50 | 114 | 45 | 91 | 49 | 1061 | 138 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 |
† Notified patients only.
This table does not include cases in which the original diagnosis was not confirmed.
* Notifiable 1st June to 30th September, but the number of deaths relates to the whole year.
(An analysis of cases and deaths by Wards is given in a separate Table on next page.)