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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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34
Nov. 1889 to
March 1890.
1890 (another
flooding during
this year).
1891 (increased
pumping accommodation
at Isle
of Dogs Station).
1892.
Isle of Dogs or
South Poplar 54 130 24 28
North Poplar 27 113 63 63
1893.
Diphtheria very general throughout the Metropolis.

Table: Rain.fall. Difference from average of 78 years- 4-98 inches.

Rain.fall. Difference from average of 78 years- 4-98 inches.

Estimated population to middle of year 1893.Diphtheria.Notifications per 1,000 living.
Isle of Dogs or South Poplar20,267884.3
North Poplar36,3671263.4
South Bromley38,2181894.9
North Bromley33,1182176.5
Parish of Bow41,14350612.4

Table: 1894. Rain-Jail. Difference from average of 79 years + 1.84 inches. 1

1894. Rain-Jail. Difference from average of 79 years + 1.84 inches. 1

Estimated population to middle of year 1894.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Diphtheria. Notifications per 1,000 living.Typhoid Fever. Notifications per 1,000 living.
Isle of Dogs or South Poplar20,47948302.31.4
North Poplar36,74793422.51.4
South Bromley38,587109322.80.82
North Bromley33,439168525.01.55

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*With this rainfall the sides of the sewers and gullies would be kept moist, and
floodings to any great extent obviated by the increased pumping accommodation.