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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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Aged under 6 or over 5.Notifications.Removals.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.
Grosvenor BuildingsUnder 5...15.........13...
5 upwds....4612...32...
Council ,,Under 5...........................
5 upwds....4......1...3......
Hanbury ,,Under 5...........................
5 upwds............................

Table: The deaths were as follows:—

The deaths were as follows:—

Residents.Outlying
Grosvenor Buildings155
Council „51
Hanbury „33
239

Table: The registered causes of death being—

The registered causes of death being—

From Miasmatic Diseases5
„ Influenza1
„ Diarrhœa2
„ Venereal0
„ Septic1
„ Constitutional Diseases3
„ Premature Birth and Old Age0
„ Diseases of the Nervous System3
„ „ Circulatory3
„ „ Respiratory6
„ „ Digestive0
„ „ Urinary2
„ „ Generative0
Accident of Childbirth0
Disease of the Integumentary System0
Accidental Deaths3
Other Diseases3
Total32