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Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,1924 and1930.
Summary of Quarterly Returns to the London County Council.
| Quarter ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March. | June. | September. | December. | ||
| Number of Cases on Register at commencement of quarter | 887 | 877 | 879 | 885 | |
| Number of New Cases notified | 52 | 46 | 33 | 33 | |
| Number of Cases restored to Register, etc. | 15 | 15 | |||
| Number of Cases removed from Register | 77 | 42 | 117 | ||
| Number of Cases on Register at end of quarter. | Pulmonary | 641 | 647 | 651 | 603 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 236 | 232 | 234 | 209 | |
| Totals | 877 | 879 | 885 | ||
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 — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| 5 — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 10— | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 15— | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | |||
| 20— | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 25— | 17 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | |
| 35— | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | |
| 45— | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 55— | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | ||
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | - | — |
| Totals | 72 | 16 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 4 | ||
Death rates per 1,000 population:—
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 0.73 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 0.08 |
| All forms | 0.81 |