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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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notifiable diseases during the year 1937. (52 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) | 453 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 69 | 201 | 50 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 452 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 87 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 36 | 14 | 69 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 306 | — | 15 | 20 | 37 | 47 | 124 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 300 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 25 | 5 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | s | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 76 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | — | 31 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 284 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 41 | 17 | 129 | 62† | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 8 |
| ,, Acute Influenzal | 47 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 11† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 20 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | _ | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1338 | 87 | 95 | 73 | 104 | 136 | 372 | 103 | 47 | 128 | 45 | 113 | 40 | 1061 | 127 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 14 |
† 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.)