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Poplar 1897

Annual report, year 1897, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District

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Table XII
(B) Table of Population Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness of coming to the knowledge of the Officer of Health during the
year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar(POPULAR), classified according to Districts, age and localities.
Population at
all Ages.
Registered
Births.
Aged
under
or
over 5.
New Cases of Sickness in each
Knowledge ok the Medical
Locality, coming to the
officer of health.
Number ok such Cases Removed from their Homes in the
several localities for treatment in isolation Hospital.
Names of Localities
adopted for the purpose
of these Statistics; Public
Institutions being shown
as separate localities.
Last
Census
1896.
Estimated
to middle
of 1897.
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup.
Fevers.
Fevers.
Fevers
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Cholera.
Erysipelas
Total
Smallpox
Scarlatina
Diphtheria
Membranous
Croup.
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid,
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Cholera.
Erysipelas
Total.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Poplar
57,759
58,126
1861
Under 5
...
99
108
8
...
6
...
...
...
...
10
231
...
29
38
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
71
5 upwds
...
150
131
2
...
55
2
...
5
...
70
415
...
70
40
...
...
22
2
...
...
...
...
134
Poplar Union Wokhouse
...
...
51
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
19
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Scandinavian Sailors'
Home
...
...
...
Under 5
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Totals
57759
58,126
1912
Under 5
...
99
108
8
...
6
...
...
...
...
10
231
...
29
38
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
71
5 upwds
2
162
136
...
...
55
2
...
5
...
83
437
2
71
44
...
...
22
2
...
...
...
...
141
"Notification of injections disease has been compulsory in the district since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally for Typhoid Fever cases, the General Metropolitan Hospitals, see page 29.
TABLE XIII
(B) Table of Population. Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health during the
year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar (bromley) classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
Names of Localities
adopted for the purpose
of these Statistics; Public
Institutions being shown
as separate localities.
Population at
all Ages.
Registered
Births.
Aged
under 5
or
over 5.
New Cases ok Sickness in each
Knowledge of the Medical
Locality, coming to the
Officer of Health.
Number ok such Cases Removed from their Homes in the
several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Last
Census
1896
Estimated
to middle
of 1897.
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup.
Fevers.
Fevers
Total.
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Crouo.
Fevers.
Erysipelas.
Total
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Cholera.
Erysipelas
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Cholera.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(r)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
i1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Bromley
69,821
69,759
2498
Under 5
...
162
110
10
...
10
1
...
...
...
10
303
61
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds
...
309
222
2
...
76
...
...
5
...
71
685
138
91
1
...
46
...
...
...
...
...
276
Sick Asylum
...
...
3
Under 5
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
5 upwds
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
11
1
3
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
4
Stepney Union Workhouse
...
...
12
Under 5
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
5 upwds
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
9
11
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
City of London Union
Infirmary*
...
...
8
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Poplar Hospital
...
...
...
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Totals
69,821
69,759
2521
Under 5
...
164
110
10
...
...
10
1
...
...
...
10
305
...
63
35
2
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
104
5 upwds
1
319
223
2
...
77
...
...
5
...
87
707
1
141
92
1
...
46
...
...
...
...
...
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"Notification of Infections Disease" has been compulsory in the District since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally for Typhoid Fever cases the General Metropolitan Hospital, see page 29.
* Portion of the Institution situated in the Parish of Bromley St. Leonard.