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Poplar 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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95
Errors in Diagnosis.
See pages 68-70 as to cases of diphtheria admitted into Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals which were certified as not having the
complaint.
No deductions have beer made in respect of these patients.
Condition of House Drainage.
The cases in Poplar were notified from 96 premises, the cases in
Bromley from 97 premises, and the cases in Bow from 95 premises,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 3 instances
—three Poplar, 0 Bromley, and 0 Bow.
Isolation.
92 cases in Poplar, 111 in Bromley, and 106 in Bow were removed
to various hospitals for treatment as follows :—
Poplar (Sub-District).
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 88
East London Hospital for Children 3
Sick Asylum 1
92
Bromley.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 108
Poplar Hospital 1
East London Hospital for Children 2
111
Bow.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 104
Sick Asylum 2
106