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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| DISEASE | Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0– yrs. | 1-yrs. | 3– yrs. | 5– yrs. | 15– yrs. | 25– yrs. | 45– yrs. | 65– yrs. | TOTAL | ||
| Dysentery | 6 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 23 |
| Encephalitis Acute | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | – |
| Measles | 12 | 27 | 57 | 151 | – | – | – | – | 247 | 5 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis, Ac. Paralytic | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis. Ac. Non-Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | 18 | 18 | – | – | 36 | 36 |
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | 3 | 15 | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | 32 | – |
| Whooping cough | 13 | 21 | 25 | 38 | – | 1 | – | – | 98 | 12 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis, pulmonary | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 41 | – |
| Tuberculosis, Meninges & C.N. S. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | – |
| TOTALS | 39 | 84 | 118 | 236 | 39 | 58 | 35 | 14 | 623 | 94 |