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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Summary of Quarterly Returns to the London County Council.
| Quarter ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March. | June. | September. | December. | ||
| Number of Cases on Register at commencement of quarter | 941 | 940 | 918 | 920 | |
| Number of New Cases notified | 56 | 60 | 35 | 36 | |
| Number of Cases restored to Register, etc. | 17 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Number of Cases removed from Register | 74 | 92 | 44 | 81 | |
| Number of Cases on Register at end of -quarter. | ' Pulmonary | 674 | 655 | 663 | 646 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 266 | 263 | 257 | 241 | |
| Totals | 940 | 918 | 920 | 837 | |
Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all Deaths from the disease:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. (Reg. General's figures). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F- | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 .. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 — | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| 5 — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10— | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 15— | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20— | 16 | 22 | 1 | 6 | } U | 12 | 1 | — |
| 25— | 23 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | — |
| 35— | 14 | 5 j | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | — |
| 45— | 20 | 8 | 1 | _ | 15 | 6 | v | — |
| 65— | 19 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 113 | 76 | 16 | 20 | 62 | 46 | 9 | 2 |
| Death rates per 1,000 population:— | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 0.79 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 0.08 |
| All forms | 0.87 |