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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 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the North District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow
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The death rate was .38 as against .28 in 1897, as against .55 in
1896, and .71 in 1895. The notification rate was of coarse also
reduced ; as I stated last year :—
"To what other cause than a generally improved sanitary condition
of the houses I am unable to attribute it, but I hope the
coming year will show that the improvement is permanent. In
previous reports I have explained the importance of giving every
possible attention to this disease, and how unsafe from a public
health point of view it would be to do anything which would prevent
suspicious cases of sore throat coming to the knowledge of the
sanitary authority. Notification supplies the intelligence upon which
sanitary officials can wisely direct their efforts towards the weakest
spots."
The record of deaths since 1880 stands:—
| 1880 | 14 | 1892 | Diphtheria 37 | 43 | |
| 1881 | 13 | Croup 6 | |||
| 1882 | 23 | 1893 | Diphtheria 86 | 91 | |
| 1883 | 9 | Croup 5 | |||
| 1884 | 10 | 1894 | Diphtheria 40 | 42 | |
| 1885 | 13 | Croup 2 | |||
| 1886 | 14 | 1895 | Diphtheria 28 | 29 | |
| 1887 | 14 | Croup 1 | |||
| 1888 | Diphtheria 11 | 18 | 1896 | Diphtheria 21 and 1 | 23 |
| Croup 7 | Membranous 1 Croup 2 . | ||||
| 1889 | Diphtheria 5 | 16 | 1897 | Diphtheria 8 | 12 |
| Croup 11 | Croup 4 | ||||
| 1890 | Diphtheria 12 | 25 | 1898 | Diphtheria 16 | l6 |
| Croup 13 | Croup 0 | ||||
| 1891 | Diphtheria 27 | 36 | |||
| Croup 9 | |||||