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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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86
ERYSIPELAS.

Table: 158 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year : 54 Poplar, 66 Bromley, and 38 Bow. 40 patients were isolated as follows:—

158 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year : 54 Poplar, 66 Bromley, and 38 Bow. 40 patients were isolated as follows:—

Poplar Sub-District.
Sick Asylum11
Childrens' Hospital, Shadwell1
12
Bromley Sub-District.
Sick Asylum9
Children's Hospital, Shadwell1
Poplar Hospital2
West Ham Hospital1
Poplar Union Workhouse1
14
Bow Sub-District.
Sick Asylum10
London Hospital2
Hackney Infirmary1
Poplar Union Workhouse1
14

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Five deaths occurred—0 Poplar, 4 Bromley, and 1 Bow.