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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII
N otifiable diseases, cases and deaths by wards, 1937.
| 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. | Worth. | 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) | 453 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 56 | 2??? | 33 | 32 | 41 | 32 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 87 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 305 | 9 | 36 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 40 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| *Zymotio Enteritis | 76 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 284 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 32 | 19 | 62† | 7 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| ,, Acute Influenzal | 47 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11† | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 20 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1338 | 67 | 81 | 52 | 94 | 76 | 118 | 129 | 79 | 115 | 104 | 104 | 93 | 127 | 99 | 127 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
* † See notes at foot of Table VII.