London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Fur annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, III. and IV. page 12.
| Violent Heaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non-residents, were as follows. | Death-, occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Bromley. | |
| By Railway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Building Operations | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conflagrations | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other and not stated Causes | 15 | 32 | 2 | 3 |
| Homicide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Suicide | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 78 | 97 | 8 | 9 |
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
At the time of enquiry all the 542 tenements in Grosvenor
Buildings were occupied.
The County Council Buildings contain 50 tenements and at the
end of the year all these were tenanted.
Hanbury Buildings contain 35 two-roomed tenements and these
were all occupied.
The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as
follows:—