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Poplar 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics
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Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, admitted from 39, Plevna Street,
there still remain 26 cases, 24 of which were removed to the hospitals.
In Bromley 49 cases of small.pox were notified, and 43 of them
removed to the hospitals. One of these cases was notified from the
Stepney Union Workhouse, having been admitted into the Receiving
Ward. Two occurred at the Sick Asylum, one patient was a nurse
in the Institution, and the other a Poplar case, living at 39, Plevna
Street; so that during the year 47 cases of small.pox were notified
from Bromley. Six patients were treated at home and the remainder
removed. The following is the list of cases, with the origin of the
complaint in each instance, so far as I was able to obtain it. It will
be seen that probably the cause of 37 cases (50 per cent.) out of 73
has been accounted for:—
POPLAR.
| Date. | Number and Name of of Street. | Age of Patient | Sex. | Disease—how contracted. | Treated at Home (H) or Removal (R) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 15 | 76, High Street | 15 | F | At St. Dunstan's Rd., Mile End Old Town | R |
| „ 20 | 5, Burford's Court | 55 | M | Not known | R |
| „ 26 | 76, High Street | 12 | M | Sister | R |
| ,, ,, ,, | 6 | F | ,, | R | |
| 4 | M | 76, High Street | R | ||
| 27 | 5, Bickmore Street | 14 | M | R | |
| „ 28 | 18 | F | Sister | R | |
| February 3 | 5, Union Street | 38 | F | Nursing patient at 5, Burford's Court | R |
| ,, ,, | 16 | M | Mother | R | |
| „ 15 | 39 | M | Wife | R | |
| „ 23 | 33, Rook Street | 32 | F | 76, High Street | R |
| March 7 | 68, East India Road | 22 | F | Not known | R |
| April 5 | 69, Bath Street | 21 | F | Not known. A domestic servant sent home from Hampstead | R |
| „ 30 | 41, Manilla Street | 22 | M | From a house in Canning Town | H |
| May 3 | 76, Upper North St. | 23 | M | Not known | R |
| ,, ,, | 12, Chilcot Street | 39 | M | R | |
| ,, ,, | 13 | M | ,, ,, | R | |
| ,, ,, | 9 | M | R | ||
| ,, ,, ,, | 7 | M | R | ||
| 5 | F | R | |||
| ,, ,, | 16, Coldharbour | 39 | F | ,, ,, | R |
| ,, 12 | 14, Chilcot Street | 2 | M | 12, Chilcot Street (next door) | R |
| „ 19 | 22, Sophia Street | 16 | M | Not known | R |
| June 5 | 39, Plevna Street | 13 | F | ,, ,, removed from Sick Asylum | R |
| ,, ,, | 78. Augusta Street | 4 | F | ,, ,, | H |
| July 10 | Lodging House Cotton Street | 21 | M | ,, ,, | R |