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Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIIa. Notifiable diseases, cases and deaths by wards, 1936.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Borough. | Bow. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Whole. Borough. | Bow. | Bromley. | Poplar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| North. | West. | Cent. | South. | North-west. | North-East. | South-West. | South-East. | Cent. | North-west. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | North. | West. | Cent. | South. | North-West. | North-East. | South-West. | South-East. | Cent. | North-West. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria including Membranous Croup) | 408 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 74 | 60 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | y | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | _ | _ | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 433 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 32 | 39 | 38 | 33 | 70 | 36 | 23 | 23 | 41 | 33 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| * Zymotice Enteritis | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 38 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 316 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 80 † | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| „ Acute Influenzal | 17 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 † | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1336 | 58 | 52 | 47 | 82 | 92 | 170 | 141 | 90 | 139 | 87 | 89 | 86 | 111 | 92 | 138 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
* † See notes at foot of Table VII.