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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 1950
[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 | 38 | 55 | 4 | — | — | — | 100 | 19 | — | 99 |
| Whooping Cough | 33 | 40 | 248 | 158 | 2 | — | — | — | 481 | 23 | 2 | 480 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Para.) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Par.) | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Measles | 33 | 50 | 204 | 134 | 2 | — | — | — | 423 | 34 | — | 419 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 8 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 99 | 9 | 31 | 99 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 14 | — | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 5 | — | 24 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 30 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 35 | — | 50 |
| Scabies | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | — | — | 13 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Post-Inf.) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 74 | — | 31 | — |
| Tuberculosis, Other forms | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 8 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 109 | 114 | 550 | 382 | 53 | 57 | 38 | 29 | 1,332 | 162 | 67 | 1,226 |