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Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE POPLAR DISTRICT.

Table: Annual Table, shewing the number of *Notifications of Infectious Sicknesscoming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during each week of the year1896,in theBowDivisionof the Sanitary District of Poplar.

Annual Table, shewing the number of *Notifications of Infectious Sicknesscoming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during each week of the year1896,in theBowDivisionof the Sanitary District of Poplar.

Diseases.1st Week2nd „3rd „4th „5th „6th „7th „8th „9th „10th ,,11th „12th „13th „14th ,,15th „16th „17th „18th ,,19th „20th „21st „22nd23rd „24th „25th „26th ,,27th „28th „29th „30th ,,31st ,,32nd ,,33rd „34th „35th „36 th „37th ,,38th „39th ,,40th ,,41st „42nd ,,43rd „44th „45th „46th „47th „48th „49th „50th51st „52nd ,,Total.
Small Pox..................1.......................................................................................................................................1
Cholera...............................................................................................................................................................
Diphtheria3...3168244233622527553325533222265321154352...113132433163
Membranous Croup....................................11.........3...21......................................................1...1.....................1......11
Erysipelas222121211121...23126623113223121525152...13422...331...13515113
Fevers—
Typhus...............................................................................................................................................................
Enteric or Typhoid.........11111..................1......1.........12......2...1.........14141...2.........2......11......1......233
Relapsing...............................................................................................................................................................
Continued.............................................2......................................................................................................2
Puerperal....................................................................................1....................................21...........................4
Scarlet6816394437594232673...551345...13663451187534878...3436543443264
Totals111021618141091281489881411201114126812127191011611142513189412151515124881168914813591

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*It must be understood that occasionally more than one notification is received concerning the same case.