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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 notification of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—
| Total Cases. | Notifications. | Removals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. . | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Total. | ||
| Grosvenor Buildings | 13 | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | 1* | 11 |
| Council Buildings .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hanbury Buildings | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
* Sick Asylum.
17 cases of Measles came to the notice of the Public Health Depart,
ment in connection with Grosvenor Buildings.
The deaths were as follows:—
Residents. Outlying.
Grosvenor Buildings 19 7
Council ,, 2 0
Hanbury ,, 0 1
21 8