London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 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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The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were:—
Asylum, Claybury 1
Asylum, Colney Hatch 1
Asylum, Tooting Bec 1
Hospital, Park 1
Hospital, London 1
Hospital, East London 3
Hospital, Poplar 2
Sick Asylum, Devons Road 9
Total 19
The mortality for the above buildings for the past twenty-two
years is as follows:—
1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906.
36 48 32 39 44 31 62 39 44 53 48 43
1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916.
34 38 23 29 33 31 47 32 47 36
The following figures are the number of poor-law medical orders
issued during the respective years:—
Hanbury Buildings.
1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906.
22 30 11 18 11 5 5 8 15 27 34 17
1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916.
16 23 15 9 14 6 8 4 7 6
Grosvenor Buildings.
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906.
77 103 65 48 46 27 28 19 60 69 63 103 98
1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916.
81 115 114 135 158 152 93 100 87 62
Council Buildings.
1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916.
34 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2