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piggeries were visited and, where necessary for the abatement of a
nuisance, "documents" were served under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891. The system of allowing pigs to live and sleep
on wood which becomes impregnated with filth was strongly condemned.
Straw or sawdust, which must he removed daily, was
recommended.
Notices were left on the tenants of the houses on the north side of
Stebondale Street warning them against throwing their refuse over
their garden walls on the waste ground at the rear.
INFLUENZA.
Twelve deaths occurred in Poplar from influenza and 8 deaths
from the same complaint happened in Bromley, but 3 of these last
deaths were of non-residents. Of the 8 deaths in Bromley, one
occurred in the Sick Asylum and three in the City of London Union
Infirmary.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Twenty-five deaths were registered in Poplar from whooping cough
and 2 deaths vere notified from outside the parish, making a total of
27, and all these deaths were of children under 5 years of age. In
Bromley were registered 28 deaths under 5 years of age and 2 over
that period of life, 6 of the deaths over and 1 of the deaths under 5
years of age did not belong to the parish. One death under 5 years
of age was notified from outside the parish, so that the deaths from
whooping cough belonging to Bromley were 24 in number, 23 under
and 1 over 5 years of age.
1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897.
Poplar 24 16 31 57 27
Bromley 32 32 29 62 24
Totals 56 48 60 119 51