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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 1893

[Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics]

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Table: TABLE XI. Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the last three Quarters of the year 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, (POPLAR) classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE XI. Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the last three Quarters of the year 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, (POPLAR) classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

(a) Localities.Poplar.Poplar Union Workhouse.Totals.
Population at all Ages:—
(b) Census 189156,317...56,317
(c) Estimated to middle of 189356,634...56,634
(d) Registered Births1,360511,411
New Cases of Infectious Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.
Diseases.Poplar.Poplar Union Workhouse.Totals.
Under 5.Over 5.Under 5.Over 5.Under 5.Over 5.
Small Pox231...2233
Scarlatina180370...2180372
Diphtheria33145......33145
Membranous Croup54......54
Fevers— Enteric or
Typhoid660......660
Continued23......23
Puerperal...5.........5
Erysipelas16154...616160
Number of such cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Diseases.Poplar.Poplar Union Workhouse.Totals.
Under 5.Over 5.Under 5.Over 5.Under 5.Over 5.
Small Pox222...2224
Scarlatina2567...22569
Diphtheria610......610
Fevers— Enteric or
Typhoid...12.........12