Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Of the 791 patients notified in Poplar, 728 were removed to hospitals
and institutions ; of the 920 in Bromley 858 were isolated, and of the 540
in Bow 501 were removed, so that of a total of 2,251 notifiable diseases
in the Borough 2,087 patients (exclusive of ophthalmia neonatorum) had
been removed from their homes.*
Institutions.
Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the sub-districts of Poplar and Bromley were as follows:—
Total Cases. | Notifications. | Removals. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Zymotic Enteritis. | Pneumonia (all forms'. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Zymotic Enteritis. | Pni-umonia (all forms). | ||
Poplar Institution | 7 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3* | 1** | .. | 1* | 2* | |
St. Andrew's Hospital | 4 | 1§ | 2§ | .. | .. | .. | .. | §i | 1* | 2** | .. | .. | .. | 1* | ||
Bow Institution | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bromley House Institution | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Langley House, 54, East India Dock Road | 12 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12** | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poplar Hospital | 2 | .. | .. | 1§ | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1‡ | .. | .. | 1† | .. | .. | .. | 1‡ |
* Admitted into St. Andrew's Hospital. ** Removed to M.A.B. Hospitals.
§ Staff. ‡ Homeless, treated in Poplar Hospital,
† Removed to London Fever Hospital.
* See Tables XIX.—XXII., pages 44-47.