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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 XI. INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFICATION ACT, 1889. Parish of All Saints', Poplar.
| Diseases. | No. of Premises Notified. | Premises in good Sanitary condition. | Premises with certain insanitary defects. | Nature of Insanitary Defects. | Total Defects. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walls and Ceilings dirty, dilapidated or unwholesome. | Drinking waterimpro-perly stored or insufficient. | Defective or untrapped Drains. | Water Closets in bad order without water, &c. | Waste pipes connected with drain or untrapped. | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 70 | 44 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| Typhoid Fever | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Membranous Croup | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Simple Continued Fever | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Small Pox | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 147 | 93 | 44 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 67 |
N.B.—The number of Notifications of above-named Diseases during the three months were 179, shewing that in many
instances two or more cases were notified from the same house.