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Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII A..
Notifiable diseases, cases and deaths by wards, 1938.
| 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. | North. | 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) | 440 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 62 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 60 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | — | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 310 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | __ | __ | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 45 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | — | __ | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | — | —— | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | —_ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | —__ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 99 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 290 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 39 | 25 | 44† | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 3 | |
| ,, Acute Influenzal | 13 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | —- | — | 3 | 1 | 1† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| †Measles | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| †Whooping Cough | 80 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1393 | 91 | 94 | 82 | 97 | 85 | 140 | 60 | 122 | 131 | 113 | 80 | 106 | 108 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
* †See notes at foot of Table VII.