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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 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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For number of deaths and death-rates from diphtheria, see Tables I., II., III., IV.
| 1893 | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 29 | 23 | 55 | 26 | 58 | ||
| Bromley | 59 | 40 | 64 | 56 | 49 | ||
| 88 | 63 | 119 | 82 | 107 | |||
| Mortality per 100 cases notified | ) 14.2 | 15.0 | 20.7 | 15.5 | 17.8 | ||
| 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mean average temperature of air, Farenheit | 1st Quarter | 40.9 | 41.4 | 35.2 | 42.2 | 41.1 | |
| 2nd „ | 57.0 | 53.3 | 55.1 | 55.6 | 53.1 | ||
| 3rd ,, | 61.9 | 58.6 | 62.3 | 60.4 | 60.9 | ||
| 4th ,, | 44.6 | 46.4 | 44.7 | 42.4 | 46.0 | ||
| Ditto. | ditto. | Year | 51.1 | 49.9 | 49.3 | 50.1 | 50.3 |
| Amount of Rainfall in cubic inches. | 1st Quarter | 4.60 | 5.40 | 3.27 | 3.99 | 7.35 | |
| 2nd „ | 1.47 | 5.00 | 1.91 | 2.77 | 4.80 | ||
| 3rd „ | 5.87 | 7.54 | 6.46 | 8.67 | 6.29 | ||
| 4th „ | 8.19 | 8.94 | 8.09 | 6.99 | 3.69 | ||
| Ditto | ditto. | Year | 20.13 | 26.88 | 19 73 | 22.42 | 22.13 |
| Diphtheria Notifications (including membranous croup) Poplar and Bromley. | 1st Quarter | 67 | 97 | 92 | 93 | 146 | |
| 2nd ,, | 172 | 122 | 150 | 114 | 130 | ||
| 3rd ,, | 223 | 96 | 163 | 149 | 119 | ||
| 4th „ | 158 | 103 | 170 | 170 | 204 | ||
| 620 | 418 | 575 | 526 | 599 | |||
| Typhoid Fever Notifications Poplar and Bromley. | 1st Quarter | 25 | 35 | 19 | 38 | 16 | |
| 2nd ,, | 64 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 21 | ||
| 3rd „ | 121 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 43 | ||
| 4th „ | 88 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 68 | ||
| 298 | 156 | 136 | 153 | 148 | |||