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Poplar 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Reports on child contacts to Divisional School
Medical Officer 14
Letters to General Practitioners concerning
patients 270
Reports to General Practitioners on official
forms 45
Progress Reports received from General .
Practitioners 0
Clinical Reports to London County Council 61
Reports to Ministry of Pensions 1
Shelters on loan during year 0
Shelters on loan December 31st 0
Beds and bedding on loan during year 1
Beds and bedding on loan on December 31st 1
During the year 16 new cases and 21 old cases have attended
Brompton, Colindale, London Chest and St. Andrews Hospitals for 429
artificial pneumothorax refills.
During the year 1 child was boarded out under the London
County Council Contact Scheme.
Dental Treatment (at St. Andrews Hospital)
No. of patients referred 2
No1 of attendances 4
No. of extractions 86
No. of local anaesthetics 8
No. of general anaesthetics 8
NUMBER OF NEW CASES AND DEATHS.
The number of new cases notified and of deaths during the year were:-
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 140 | 70 |
| Other forms | 81 | 4 |
| 161 | 74 |
The death rate was above the average for the five years 1057-1941:
| Pulmonary (5 years average) | 0.87 |
| Other forms do. | 0.09 |
| Total | 0.96 |
The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at December 31st 63.
The number of cases on the Tuberculosis Dispensary Register :
Definitely Tuberculous 399 (T.B. plus 205)
Diagnosis not completed 17
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TYPHUS FEVER. A scheme for dealing with cases, of Typhus Fever was prepared
in co-operation with Stepney. It provides for disinfesting and disinfecting
of typhus contacts and their homes by stepney while Poplar undertakes the
cleansing of,Scabies patients and verminous persons and disinfection after
the ordinary infectious diseases for both Boroughs. The cost of the combined
scheme is to be allocated between the two Boroughs on a basis to
be arranged. The Sanitary Inspectors and disinfecting staff (preferably
the younger ones) were Invited to form a team in order to supplement
the ordinary Stepney staff and seven of the Inspectors and four of the
Disinfecting Staff volunteered and have since been inoculated.
Special house-proof over alls have bee obtained for the staff,
The Medical Officer of the port of London Sanitary Authority has made
arrangements for dealing with Typhus at the south lof the river and the
unknown of ordinary and popular has been obtained to include and
boat with Typhus aboard which night arrive at the cocks in unknown of
the Boroughs.