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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease | Corrected Noti fi cat ions, | Total | Removed to Hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- yrs | 1-yrs | 3-yrs | 5- yrs | 15- yrs | 25-yrs | 45-yrs | 65-yrs | |||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 4 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Measles | 39 | 188 | 246 | 333 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 808 | 20 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | 18 | 22 | 17 | 85 | - |
| Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. | - | - | - | - | 18 | 21 | - | - | 39 | 36 |
| Scabies | — | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 12 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 13 | 48 | 145 | 1 | - | - | - | 208 | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 45 | 50 | 65 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 181 | 12 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 18 | 21 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis, pulmonary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 91 | - |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 7 | - |
| Totals | 92 | 292 | 366 | 577 | 58 | 86 | 49 | 31 | 1,551 | 123 |