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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| D I S E A S E | Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-yrs. | 1-yrs. | 3-yrs. | 5-yrs. | 15-yrs. | 25-yrs. | 45-yrs. | 65-yrs. | TOTAL | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Acute | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Measles | 49 | 132 | 312 | 646 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 1166 | 17 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 66 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis, Ac. Paralytic . | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Ac. Non-Paralytic . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 2 | 27 | 4 | - | 33 | 31 |
| Scabies | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 4 | 10 | 52 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 77 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 15 | 1 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis, pulmonary | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 57 | - |
| Tuberculosis, Meninges & | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 6 | - |
| TOTALS | 63 | 155 | 342 | 744 | 59 | 64 | 49 | 42 | 1518 | 71 |