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Poplar 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE VII. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Disease.Notifications.Total notified.Corrected notificacations.Removed to Hospital.Deaths.
0-1 year1-2 years2-5 years5-15 years15-25 years25-45 years45-65 years65-years
Scarlet Fever1255702---13013019-
Whooping Cough3246167105-2--35235031-
Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Para.)--11----2-2-
Measles762099165574--11,7631,761261
Diphtheria--31--1-515-
Acute Pneumonia4419166152423111112-1
Dysentery231895311424124-
Erysipelas-----54211113-
Meningococcal Infection1-------1111
Puerperal Pyrexia----98--171717-
Zymotic Enteritis422230-----948825-
Scabies--12212199--
Acute Encephalitis (Post-Inf.)---1----1111
Anthrax------1-111-
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary2-32252919383--27
Tuberculosis, Other forms-122211-9--5
Totals1602871,215766556453312,6312,52315536