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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 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 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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Table: Approximate figures for 1919

Approximate figures for 1919

Births notified.Insusceptible
Poplar1,344—
Bromley1,5163
Bow809—
3,6693

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Number of certificates of successful vaccination of all ages received
for the year 1919—840.

Table: ERYSIPELAS. 128 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year: 40 Poplar, 47 Bromley, and 41 Bow. 52 patients were isolated as follows:—

ERYSIPELAS. 128 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year: 40 Poplar, 47 Bromley, and 41 Bow. 52 patients were isolated as follows:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals.
Sick Asylum17171751
Nursing Home St. Pancras1——1
•18171752

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Nine deaths occurred—2 Poplar, 5 Bromley, and 2 Bow.