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Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Erysipelas.
66 cases of Erysipelas were notified, and 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 the vear:—
| Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases notified | 6* | 45* |
| Removed to L .C .C. Fever Hospitals | 4 | 16 |
| Treated in other Hospitals | 2 | 27 |
| Treated at home | — | 2 |
| Consultant called in | — | — |
| Deaths | 3** | — |
* Corrected figures (after adjustment for altered diagnosis).
** Including two cases which were not notified. A list of deaths
from puerperal causes or associated with pregnancy is given on page 123.
Continued and Typhus Fevers.
No cases of continued and typhus fevers were notified.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Six cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified and were treated in
hospital. Four patients received serum treatment (two with Prontosil
also) and three recovered. Deaths numbered three (including one
patient who had been treated with Prontosil only. In three other
cases diagnosis was not confirmed.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Four cases were notified and removed to hospital.
Acute Polio-Encephalitis.
No cases of Acute Polio-Encephalitis were notified.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
No cases were notified.
Two deaths were certified as being due to Encephalitis Lethargica.
One was of a patient who was notified in 1928 and the other of a patient
who had not been notified. Both had been in institutions for a number
of years,