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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| DISEASE | Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-yrs. | 1-yrs. | 3-yrs. | 5-yrs. | 15-yrs. | 25-yrs. | 45-yrs. | 65-yrs. | TOTAL | ||
| Dysentery | 7 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 36 | |||
| Encephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | - | ||
| Measles | 48 | 267 | 306 | 384 | 5 | — | — | — | 1010 | 22 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Pneimonia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 10 | |
| Poliomyelitis, Ac. Paralytic | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | ||
| Poliomyelitis, Ac. Non Paralytic | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | — | — | 13 | 13 |
| Scabies | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | 17 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 4 | 19 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 59 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 25 | 41 | 35 | — | — | — | 117 | 11 | |
| Zymotic Ehteritis | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis, pulmonary | — | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 53 | — |
| Tuberculosis, Meninges & C.N.S | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| Tuberculosis, other forms | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| TOTALS | 84 | 332 | 393 | 487 | 25 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 1424 | 122 |