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Poplar 1893

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Bow District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow

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Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of InfectiousSickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1893, in the BOW Division of the Sanitary District ofPoplar; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Parish of Bow.Total.
Population at all Ages—
Census 189140,37840,378
Estimated to middle of 189341,14341,143
Registered Births1,4011,401
New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases removed fromtheir Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Diseases.Parish of Bow.Totals.Diseases.Parish of Bow.Totals.
un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5
Smallpox318318Smallpox310310
Scarlatina97216972:6Scarlatina17601760
Diphtheria149357149357Diphtheria25372537
MembranousCroup7171Membranous Croup............
Fevers.Typhus............Fevers.Typhus............
Enteric or Typhoid658658Enteric or Typhoid...17...17
Continued...1...1Continued............
Relapsing............Relapsing............
Puerperal...2...2Puerperal............
Cholera............Cholera............
Erysipelas1310413104Erysipelas...8...8
Deaths of Inhabitants of Bromley occurring during the first Quarter Year, 1893.
Mortality from the following Diseases.Under 1 Year1 Yearand under 5.5 Yearsand under 1515 Yearsand under 2525 Yearsand under 6565 Yearsand upwardsAtallAges.
Small Pox.....................
Scarlatina...152.........17
Diphtheria...31...2...6
Membranous Croup.....................
Typhus Fever.....................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......11......2
Continued Fever.....................
Relapsing Fever.....................
Puerperal Fever............1...1
Cholera.....................
Erysipelas1.........214
Measlesl1............2
Whooping Coughl1............2
Diarrhoea, and Dysenteryl1............2
Rheumatic Fever.....................
Ague.....................
Phthisis122118...24
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy2319366419134
Heart Disease113...20429
Injuries922...3117
All other Diseases5419354030151
Total9264171315055391