[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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The births during the 52 weeks were :—

	Males.	Females.	Totals.

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The 1210 deaths in Poplar included 19 illegitimate children, 7 male and 12 female, the 1336 deaths in Bromley included 18 illegitimate children, n male and 7 female; the 816 Bow deaths included 2 illegitimate children, 1 male and 1 female, making a total for the Borough of 39 illegitimate deaths.

	Males.	Females.	Totals.

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The excess of births was as follows:—

	Males.	Females.	Total gain.

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The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 17 years:—(See page 2*.)

	Poplar.	Bromley.	Bow.	London.

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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.	1901.

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TABLE I. Deaths during the year 1901, in the Poplar Division of the Metro politan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.

Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.	Deaths at all ages.

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Deaths during the year 1901 in the Bromley division of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.

Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.	Deaths at all ages.

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POPLAR (whole Borough).

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.				Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District	Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.	Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District	Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
		Number.	Rate.*	Under I Year of Age.		At all Ages.					Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
				Under I Year of Age.		At all Ages.					Number.	Rate.*
				Number.	Rate per 1000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*				Number.	Rate.*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	2	13

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TABLE V. Vital Statistics during 1901 and previous years. POPLAR AND BROMLEY PARISHES.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.				Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District	Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.	Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District	Nett Deaths at Ages belonging to the District.
		Number.	Rate*.	Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.					Nett Deaths at Ages belonging to the District.
				Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.					Number.	Rate.*
				Number.	Rate per 1000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*				Number.	Rate.*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	II	12	13

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TABLE VI. Vital Statistics during 1901 and Previous Years. BOW PARISH.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.				Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District	Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.	Deaths of Residents registered in Public Insti:utions beyond the District	Nett Deaths at Ages belonging to the District.
		Number.	Rate*.	Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages					Nett Deaths at Ages belonging to the District.
				Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages					Number.	Rate.*
				Number.	Rate per 1000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*				Number.	Rate.*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1901 and previous years. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Names of Localities.	Borough.				Poplar.				Bromley.				Bow.
Names of Localities.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.
	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d

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TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough.

Causes of Death.	Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.							Total Deaths in Public Inst'ns &c.
Causes of Death.	All Ages	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 65	65 and upwards.	Union W'rkh'se	Sick Asylum.	Stepney W'rkh'se	Poplar Hospital.	Grove Hall.	See footnotes.	Outlying Institut'ns	Total Deaths in Public Inst'ns &c.

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TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1901.

Causes of Death.		Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within & outside Parish (at all ages) belonging thereto						Total Deaths in Public Inst'ns &c.
Causes of Death.		All Ages	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 65	65 and upwards.	Union W'rkh'se	Sick Asylum.	Stepney W'rkh'se	Poplar Hospital.	Limehouse Cut Br'mly	Outlying Institut'ns	Total Deaths in Public Inst'ns &c.

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TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901

Causes of Death.		Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within and without Parish (at all ages) belonging thereto.							Total Deaths in Public Institutions. Ac.
Causes of Death.		All Ages.	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Union W'rkh'se	Sick Asylum.	River Lea. and Lime-house Cut. Bromley.	Bow Police Station & N. Lond. Railway.	Poplar Hospital.	River Lea & Thames. Bow and Poplar.	Outlying Institutions.	Total Deaths in Public Institutions. Ac.

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TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Parish of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1901.

Causes of Death.		Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within & without Parish (at all ages) belonging thereto.						Total Deaths in Public Instit'ns&c.
Causes of Death.		All Ages	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Union W'rkh'se	Sick Asylum.	Duckett's Canal Bow R. Thames Poplar.	Stepney W'rkh'se	Grove Hall.	Outlying Institut'ns.	Total Deaths in Public Instit'ns&c.

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TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough (Resident and non-resident included).

Causes of Death.		Poplar Union Workhouse.	Sick Asylum.	City of London Union Infirmary.	Stepney Union Workhouse.	Poplar Hospital.	Grove Hall.	Sick Asylum Blackwall.	Total Deaths in Public Institutions.

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TABLE XIII.

Cities and Borough	Estimated Population in the middle of 1901.	Notifications. Annual rate per 1000 persons living	Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1000 persons living.	From all Causes. Death-rate per 1000 living.	Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births.

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TABLE XIV. The year 1901.

	Populationestimated to the middle of the Year 1901.	Persons to an Acre (1901.) *	Births.	Deaths	The Deaths registered include
					Deaths of		Deaths from									Inquest Cases.	Deaths in Public Institutions.
					Infants under Year of Age.	Persons aged 65 Years and upwards	Principal Zymotic Diseases	Smallpox.	Measles	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhcea.	Violence.	Inquest Cases.	Deaths in Public Institutions.

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TABLE XV.

	Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living.												Deaths under 1 Year to 1000 Births.	Annual Death Rate per 1000 living.		Percentage to Total Deaths.
	Births.	Deaths from all causes.	Deaths from											Annual Death Rate per 1000 living.		Percentage to Total Deaths.
	Births.	Deaths from all causes.	Principal Zymotic Diseases.	Smallpox.	Measles	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whoop ing Cough.	Fever.		Diarrhœa	Violence.		Aged to 65 Years.	Aged 65 Years and upwards	Inquest Cases.	Deaths in Public Institutions.

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POPLAR (PARISH).

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BROMLEY.

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BOW.

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BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

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TABLE XVII. POPLAR (PARISH). List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred, in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1901.

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TABLE XVIII. BROMLEY. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1901.

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TABLE XIX. BOW. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain localities during the year 1901.

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TABLE XX METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar, Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in Whole District.							Total cases notified in each Locality.			No. of cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.						Total cases notified in each Locality.			No. of cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
	At all Ages.	Under 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 and up'wds	Poplar	Bromley.	Bow.	Poplar	Bromley.	Bow.	Total

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TABLE XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in Whole Parish.							No. of Causes recoverd to Hospital.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.
	At all Ages.	Under 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15	15 to 25.	25 to 65.	65 and up'wds

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TABLE XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in Whole Parish.							No. of Cases removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.
		Under 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15	15 to 25.	25 to 65.	65 and up'wds

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TABLE XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in Whole Parish.							No. of Cases removed to Hospital.
	At all ages.	At Ages—Years.
	At all ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15to25	25 to 65	65 and upwds.

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Notifications of parishioners from Institutions within the parishes of Poplar and Bromley were as follows

	Total Cases.	Notifications.						Removals.
	Total Cases.	Small-pox.	Puerperal Fever.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Typhoid Fever.	Erysipelas.	Small-pox.	Puerperal Fever.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Typhoid Fever.

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1900.—January to June.

	Births notified.	Vaccinations.	Insusceptible.	Dead.

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1900.—July to December.

	Births notified.	Vaccinations.	Insusceptible.	Dead.

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1901.—January to June.

	Births notified.	Vaccinations.	Insusceptible.	Dead.

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The number of scarlet fever cases notified for the three parishes, and the deaths which occurred for the past nine years were as follows:—

	l893-Cases notified.	Deaths.	1894. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1095. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1896. Cases notified	Deaths	1897. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1898. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1899. Lases notified.	Deaths.	1900. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1901. Cases notified.	Deaths.

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The typhoid fever cases notified were: —

	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.	1901.

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Notifications per 1000 living:—

	1894.	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901

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DIARRHCEA.* Deaths from diarrhoea for the past nine years were as follows:—

	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	19OO.	1901.

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INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1901 u ere as follows:—

	Number of Inquests held in the parishes.	Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners.	Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts.	Total Inquests belonging to each parish.	Verdict from Violence.	Verdict from Natural Causes.

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For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables XIV and XV. page 21.

	Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows.			Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar, Bromley and Bow belonging thereto.
	Poplar.	Bromley	Bow.	Poplar.	Bromley	Bow.

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MODEL DWELLINGS. Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings. Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the County Council Buildings contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35. The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as ollows:—

	Total Cases.	Notifications.					Removals.
	Total Cases.	Small-pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Typhoid Fever.	Erysipelas.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Typhoid Fever.

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The deaths were as follows:—

	Residents.	Outlying.

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GROSVENOR, HANBURY, and COUNCIL BUILDINGS.

Causes of Death	Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).				Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
Causes of Death	All Ages.	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and un.der 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Union W'rkh'se	Sick Asylum.	Poplar Hospital	Outlying Institutions.	Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.

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The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were:—

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The mortality for the above buildings for the past seven years is as follows:—

1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.	1901.

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Hanbury Buildings.

1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.	1901.

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CANAL BOATS. During the year, 59 registered canal boats, and no non-registered canal boats were inspected :

		registered	non-registered.

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar from the 1st fanuary, 1901, to 31 st December, 1901

	Popular South. Mr Foad	West comb'nd Mr. Johnson	cast comb'nd Mr. Bullock	Br'mley Central Mr. Miners	Br'mley North. Mr. Anthony	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.

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No. of Street and Premises.	Nature of Complaint.	Date of attendance at Police Court.	Result.	Name of Officer.

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The details and nature of Sanitary Works executed in thu West Division during the year are as follows :—

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Parish of St. Mary Stratford, Bow (West Division). Comprising an area of 214 acres. Names of the Roads, Streets and Places.

	Total number of Dwelling Houses.		Total number of Dwelling Houses.

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Cow Houses.

Address.	Name of Licensee.

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Slaughter Houses.

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The following have also received constant attention throughout the year.

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PARISH OF BOW (West Division.) list of Summonses taken out at Worship Street Police Court with results.

Situation of Premises.	Nature of Complaint.	Date of Hearing.	Result

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Inspections have been made as follows :—

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In 624 instances varied Sanitary improvements were necessary, requiring the service of 446 intimations, 201 authorised statutory notices, and the issuing of 1 Police Court summons, supplemented by 2260 re-inspections to secure proper compliance resulting in the following detailed works being executed :—

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PARISH OF BOW (East Division). List of Summonses taken out at Police Courts, with Results.

Situation of Premises.	Nature of Complaint.	Date of hearing.	Result.

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Names of the Roads, Streets and Places, Bow (East Division). Comprising an area of 349 acres.

	Total number of Dwelling Houses.		Total number of Dwelling Houses.

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	Total number of Dwelling Houses.		Total number of Dwelling Houses.

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Giving a total number of 2376 dwelling houses. Cowhouses.

Address.	Name of Licensee.

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I have made periodical inspections throughout the year of the above houses.

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I have made inspection of the undermentioned schools :—

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I beg to report that I have inspected the undermentioned canal boats in the Bromley North Division :—

Date—1901.	Name of Vessel.	Place.

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House-to-house inspections were carried out as follows:—

Streets.	Sections of Streets.

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	Sections of streets.

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House to house inspections were carried out in portions of the undermentioned streets :—

Arcadia Street.	Ebenezer Place.

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The number of above at present on the register is as under :—

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House-to-House inspections have been carried out in the whole of the following streets, viz.:—

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And sections of the following streets, viz.:—

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House-to-house inspections were carried out as follows :—

The whole of Olliffe Street	Sections of Stebondale Street.

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Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ending December 31st, 1901.

Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c.	Poplar.	Bromley.	Bow.	Totals.

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I beg to submit to you a report of work carried out by me, from the time of my appointment to the present date, in respect of Houses let in Lodgings, or occupied by Members of more than one family.

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The births during the 52 weeks were :—

The 1210 deaths in Poplar included 19 illegitimate children, 7 male and 12 female, the 1336 deaths in Bromley included 18 illegitimate children, n male and 7 female; the 816 Bow deaths included 2 illegitimate children, 1 male and 1 female, making a total for the Borough of 39 illegitimate deaths.

The excess of births was as follows:—

The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 17 years:—(See page 2*.)

ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

TABLE I. Deaths during the year 1901, in the Poplar Division of the Metro politan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.

Deaths during the year 1901 in the Bromley division of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.

POPLAR (whole Borough).

TABLE V. Vital Statistics during 1901 and previous years. POPLAR AND BROMLEY PARISHES.

TABLE VI. Vital Statistics during 1901 and Previous Years. BOW PARISH.

Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1901 and previous years. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough.

TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1901.

TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901

TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Parish of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1901.

TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough (Resident and non-resident included).

TABLE XIII.

TABLE XIV. The year 1901.

TABLE XV.

POPLAR (PARISH).

BROMLEY.

BOW.

BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

TABLE XVII. POPLAR (PARISH). List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred, in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1901.

TABLE XVIII. BROMLEY. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1901.

TABLE XIX. BOW. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain localities during the year 1901.

TABLE XX METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar, Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

TABLE XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

TABLE XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

TABLE XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Parish. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.

Notifications of parishioners from Institutions within the parishes of Poplar and Bromley were as follows

1900.—January to June.

1900.—July to December.

1901.—January to June.

The number of scarlet fever cases notified for the three parishes, and the deaths which occurred for the past nine years were as follows:—

The typhoid fever cases notified were: —

Notifications per 1000 living:—

DIARRHCEA.* Deaths from diarrhoea for the past nine years were as follows:—

INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1901 u ere as follows:—

For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables XIV and XV. page 21.

MODEL DWELLINGS. Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings. Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the County Council Buildings contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35. The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as ollows:—

The deaths were as follows:—

GROSVENOR, HANBURY, and COUNCIL BUILDINGS.

The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were:—

The mortality for the above buildings for the past seven years is as follows:—

Hanbury Buildings.

CANAL BOATS. During the year, 59 registered canal boats, and no non-registered canal boats were inspected :

List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar from the 1st fanuary, 1901, to 31 st December, 1901

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The details and nature of Sanitary Works executed in thu West Division during the year are as follows :—

Parish of St. Mary Stratford, Bow (West Division). Comprising an area of 214 acres. Names of the Roads, Streets and Places.

Cow Houses.

Slaughter Houses.

The following have also received constant attention throughout the year.

PARISH OF BOW (West Division.) list of Summonses taken out at Worship Street Police Court with results.

Inspections have been made as follows :—

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PARISH OF BOW (East Division). List of Summonses taken out at Police Courts, with Results.

Names of the Roads, Streets and Places, Bow (East Division). Comprising an area of 349 acres.

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Giving a total number of 2376 dwelling houses. Cowhouses.

I have made periodical inspections throughout the year of the above houses.

I have made inspection of the undermentioned schools :—

I beg to report that I have inspected the undermentioned canal boats in the Bromley North Division :—

House-to-house inspections were carried out as follows:—

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House to house inspections were carried out in portions of the undermentioned streets :—

The number of above at present on the register is as under :—

House-to-House inspections have been carried out in the whole of the following streets, viz.:—

And sections of the following streets, viz.:—

House-to-house inspections were carried out as follows :—

Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &amp;c., during the year ending December 31st, 1901.

Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ending December 31st, 1901.