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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVIII. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| Diseases | Notifications | Total notified | Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Corrected figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5-15 years | 15-25 years | 25-45 years | 45-65 years | 65-years | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | 3 | 63 | 86 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 155 | 44 | - | 152 |
| 40 | 57 | 157 | 98 | 2 | — | – | - | 354 | 18 | - | 353 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 11 | 11 | _ | 9 |
| Measles | 83 | 174 | 593 | 356 | 13 | 1 | - | _ | 1,220 | 69 | 1 | 1,207 |
| Diphtheria | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 7 | 7 | _ | 5 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 85 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 5 | 34 | 12 | — | 3 | — | — | 57 | 43 | — | 49 |
| - | — | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1] | 2 | — | U | |||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | _ | _ | _ | _ | 7 | 4 | —_ | _ | 11 | 11 | _ | 11 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | _ | 4 | |||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 26 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | —— | — | 44 | 39 | 5 | 36 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Scabies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 39 | — | — | 39 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 135 | — | 43 | — |
| Tuberculosis, Other Forms | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | - | 2 | – |
| Totals | 168 | 261 | 885 | 608 | 80 | 82 | 54 | 22 | 2,160 | 259 | 56 | 1,968 |