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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 1902

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

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found defective, in the second 10, and in the third 5, the smoke test
being used. So that the 209 cases in the Borough were notified from
159 houses, and the drains were defective in 25 instances.

Table: Forty-nine cases in Poplar, 57 in Bromley, and 55 in Bow were removed to various hospitals, as follows:—

Forty-nine cases in Poplar, 57 in Bromley, and 55 in Bow were removed to various hospitals, as follows:—

POPLAR (Parish).
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals39
Seamen's Hospital2
Children's Hospital, Shadwell2
Sick Asylum1
London Hospital3
St. Bartholomew's Hospital2
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Table: BROMLEY.

BROMLEY.

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals42
London Hospital6
Sick Asylum2
Poplar Hospital2
Children's Hospital, Shadwell3
Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital1
Poplar Union Workhouse1
57

Table: BOW.

BOW.

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals30
Sick Asylum1
Metropolitan Hospital1
London Hospital2
St. Bartholomew's Hospital1
35

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