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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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Isolation.
Six cases in Poplar, seven in Bromley and four in Bow were
removed to various hospitals, as follows:—
POPLAR (Sub-District).
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 4
Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich 1
London Hospital 1
6
BROMLEY.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 5
Sick Asylum 1
London Hospital 1
7
BOW
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital 1
Sick Asylum 3
4
Shellfish and Predisposing Causes.
Three cases of Typhoid Fever were stated by the patients or their friends to be due to eating shellfish, as follows:—
| No. | Date. 1916. | Age. | Sex. | Address. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3rd Feb. | 35 | F. | Stainsby Road | Had eaten liberally of mussels, for supper Removed, M.A.B. |
| 2 | 3rd Feb. | 7 | M. | ,, ,, | „ „ (Son) Removed M.A.B. |
| 3 | 23rd July | 45 | F. | Upper North Street | Caught a chill. Had eaten bloaters and cucumber for supper for which she had a great partiality. Removed M.A.B. |