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Poplar 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Primary pneumonia | 90 | 4@ |
| Influenzal pneumonia | 13 | 2 @ |
| Dysentery | 17 | • |
| Zymotic enteritis | 13 | 6 |
| Malaria | 5 x | • |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | • |
| 643 | ||
| 856 | ||
| 1499 | ||
| @ notified cases only. | x 3 non-civilian cases and 2 induced for therapeutic purposes. | |
There wore 3 deaths from chronic encephalitis lethargica. One
case was notified in 1933, a second had been notified elsewhere,
and the third was an innate of a mental hospital outside London.
SMALLPOX CONTACTS. As a result of a case of Smallpox occurring at
the Mount Vernon Hospital, several possible contacts were kept under
surveillance but no cases occurred in the Borough.
IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA. The immunisation clinic at the
Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary continued throughout the year.
A supplementary clinic was hold at Simpson's Road M.& C. W.
centre from 31st January 1944 until 7th August, 1944, when the
premises wore badly damaged by a "fly" bomb.
To deal with the children in the Isle of Dogs area a
session was commenced at the M.& C.W. clinic at 54 West Ferry Road
on 9th Octobor.
Summary of all immunisations :-
| (a) at Borough Council clinics | 432 |
| (b) at London County Council centres | 210 |
| (c) by Private Practitioners | 9 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Dispensary Clinics.
From January 1st to December 31st
and in addition:from
9th March to December 31st
80th March to December 31st
1st January to 5th March
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2 p. m.
Fridays 10 a.m.
Thursdays 10 a.m.
Mondays 6-7 p.m.
Saturdays 8-4 p.m. (monthly
- instead of Monday evening
Number of new cases examined 309, contacts 176 = 485
Tuberculous 94; non-tuberculous 373;diagnosis incomplete 18)
Number of attendances at the Dispensary 8658
Number of visits to homes by Health Visitors 5574
Number of sputum specimens examined 885
Number of X-ray examinations at St. Andrew's
Hospital 410