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Poplar 1911

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

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

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

Asylum, Colney Hatch1
,, Hanwell1
,, Tooting Bee1
Fever Hospital, Brook1
Hospital, Children's Great Ormond Street1
Hospital, Children's, East London1
Hospital, Poplar4
Sick Asylum, Devons Road8
Union Workhouse, Poplar2
Total20

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

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

1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.
364832394431623944534843
1907.1908.1909.1910.1911
3438232933

Table: Mr. Lough, Clerk to the Guardians, has been good enough to furnish me with the following information for the year 1911:—

Mr. Lough, Clerk to the Guardians, has been good enough to furnish me with the following information for the year 1911:—

Visiting Medical Orders.Dispensary Medical Orders.Number on Permanent List.
Hanbury Buildings590
Grosvenor Buildings387842
Council Buildings000

Table: The following figures are the number of poor-law medical orders issued during the respective years:—Hanbury Buildings.

The following figures are the number of poor-law medical orders issued during the respective years:—

Hanbury Buildings.

1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.
223011181155815273417
1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
162315914

Table: Grosvenor Buildings.

Grosvenor Buildings.

1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.190'2.1903.1904.1905.1906
7710365484627281960696310398
1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
81115104135158