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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics
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january to june, 1894.
| Births. | Vaccinations. | Insusceptible. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 985 | 680 | 10 |
| Bromley | 1288 | 778 | 8 |
| July to December, 1894.. | |||
| Poplar | 947 | 433 | 7 |
| Bromley | 1262 | 494 | 8 |
SCARLET FEVER.
There was a great diminution in the number of Scarlet Fever
cases notified during the year 1894, as compared with cases notified
in the last three quarters of the preceding year. The statistics are as
follow:—
1893. (39 Weeks.)
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death Rate per 1000 living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 552 | 35 | 0.82 |
| Bromley | 763 | 31 | 0.52 |
| Total | 1315 | 66 | 0.69 |
| 1894. (52 Weeks.) | |||
| Poplar | 239 | 12 | 0.20 |
| Bromley | 331 | 22 | 0.32 |
| Totals | 570 | 34 | 0.26 |
Sixty-six cases were removed to the Fever Hospitals from Poplar,
and one hundred and twenty-seven from Bromley. The cases were
scattered over the whole district. I was not able to attribute any of
them to one particular milk supply. We were not pushed by the
want of accommodation at the Asylums Boards' Hospitals as during
the year 1893, and those cases on behalf of which application was
made for admission into the hospitals, were removed without delay.