London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
89
Erysipelas.
93 cases of Erysipelas were notified, and in 6 cases the diagnosis was
not confirmed, leaving 87 cases. There were two deaths from this
disease.
Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.
The Consulting Obstetrician appointed under the above Regulations,
Dr. Malcolm Donaldson, was not called in to any case during the year.
The following is a summary of the cases notified, etc., during year:—
| Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | |
| Cases notified | 5* | 31 |
| Removed to L .C .C. Fever Hospitals | 3 | 8 |
| Treated in other Hospitals | 2 | 20 |
| Treated at home | — | 3 |
| Consultant called in | — | — |
| Deaths | 1** | 1† |
* One other case which was not notified died. All the notified cases
recovered.
** †See list of maternal deaths, page 128
Continued and Typhus Fevers.
Two cases of continued fever were notified, but in one case the diagnosis
was not confirmed. No case of typhus fever occurred.
Five cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified and were treated in
hospital. Four patients received serum treatment and three recovered.
Deaths numbered two (one a case which was notified in 1936).
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Five cases were notified and removed to hospital. One patient died.
A cute Polio-Encephalitis.
No cases of Acute Polio-Encephalitis were notified.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
One case was notified and was treated at home. The patient has
since removed to another district.
No deaths were certified as being due to Encephalitis Lethargica.