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 822 patients notified in Poplar, 752 were removed to hospitals
and institutions; of the 861 in Bromley 793 were isolated, and of the 531
in Bow 491 were removed, so that of a total of 2,214 notifiable diseases
in the Borough 2,036 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. | Pneumonia (all forms). | ||
Poplar Institution | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ** 3 | 5* | 2** | .. | .. | 2* | |
St. Andrew's Hospital | 11 | §1 | 3† | 3§ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ** 1 | .. | 3** | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bow Institution | 1 | .. | 1¶ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bromley House Institution | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1* | 1** | .. | .. | .. | 1* | |
Langley House, 54, East India Dock Road | 7 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ** 3 | .. | 4** | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poplar Hospital.. | 2 | 2 †† | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 ** | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
* Admitted into St. Andrew's Hospital. ** Removed to M A.B. Hospitals.
§ Staff. † 2 Staff, and 1 of no fixed abode.
‡ 3 Homeless, and 1 of Poplar Farm Colony. ¶ Of City of London Union,
†† 1 Staff, and 1 of Shoreditch.
* See Tables XIX.—XXII., pages 44-46.