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Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
Notifiable diseases during the Year 1938. (52 Weeks.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borouqh. | 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 6. | 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. | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 440 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 37 | 53 | 196 | 60 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 439 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 66 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 45 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 310 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 31 | 23 | 135 | 39 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | — | 297 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 35 | 5 | 1 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ¶ | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 99 | 52 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 290 | 49 | 38 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 125 | 44† | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 |
| ,, Acute Influenzal | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 1† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 14 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| §Whooping Cough | 80 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1393 | 138 | 121 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 400 | 111 | 45 | 109 | 44 | 61 | 30 | 1055 | 101 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 21 | 9 |
This table does not include cases in which the original diagnosis was not confirmed.
* See notes on pages 90 and 119. The number of deaths relates to the whole year. §§ Notifiable from 1st October, 1938.
† Notified patients only. ¶ Not notified; inmate of Institution for some years.
(An analysis of cases and deaths by Wards is given in a separate Table on next page.)