Annual report, year 1898, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District

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The births during the 52 weeks were:—

	Males.	Females.	Totals.

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The annual birth rate per 1000 living being:—

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The annual marriage rate per 1000 living being:—

1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.		1898.

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The excess of births was as follows:—

	Males.	Females.	Total gain.

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The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 14 years:—

	Poplar.	Bromley.	London.

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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

	1894.	1895.	1896	1897.		1898.

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RESPIRATORY DISEASES.

	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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Deaths (all ages).

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Proportion of Deaths to 1000 deaths from all causes.

	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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PHTHISIS. Deaths (all ages).

	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898

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TABLE I. (A) Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District 0f Poplar, classified according to Diseases, " Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adoptedforthepurpose oftheseStatistics; public institutionsbeingshown asseparatelocalities.	Mortality from all Causes. at subjoined ages.								Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
	At all Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15,	15 and under 25,	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.		Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					*Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Wh'ping Cough	Diarrhœa and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Influenza.	Phthisis.	Br'chitis, Pneumonia & Plr'sy.	Heart Disease.	Injuries.	Allother Diseases.	Total.
	At all Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15,	15 and under 25,	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.		Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric, or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	*Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Wh'ping Cough	Diarrhœa and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Influenza.	Phthisis.	Br'chitis, Pneumonia & Plr'sy.	Heart Disease.	Injuries.	Allother Diseases.	Total.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

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TABLE II. (A ) Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the BROMLEY Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.	Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined Ages.								Mortality				from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
	At all Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.		Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.*	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Influenza.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.	Heart Disease.	Injuries.	All other Diseases.	Total.
	At all Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.		Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric, or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	Cholera.*	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Influenza.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.	Heart Disease.	Injuries.	All other Diseases.	Total.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

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TABLE III. The year 1898.

	Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1898.	Persons to an Acre (1898.)	Births.	Deaths	The Deaths registered include
					Deaths of		Deaths from									Inquest Cases.	Deaths in Public Institutions.
					Infants under Year of Age.	Persons aged 65 Years and upwards	Principal Zymotic Diseases	Smallpox.	Measles	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Violence.	Inquest Cases.	Deaths in Public Institutions.

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TABLE IV. The year 1898.

Annual Rate per iooo Persons Living.											Annual Death Rate per 1000 living.		Percentage to Total Deaths.
Births.	Deaths from all causes.	Deaths from
		Principal Zymotic Diseases.	Smallpox.	Measles	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhcea	Violence.
		Principal Zymotic Diseases.	Smallpox.	Measles	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhcea	Violence.	Aged 1 to 65 Years.	Aged , 65 Years and upwards	Inquest Cases.	Deaths in Public Institutions.

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TABLE V.

Sanitary Areas.	Estimated Population to the middle of 1898.	Notifications. Annual rate per 1000 persons living	Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1000 persons living.	From all Causes. Death.rate per 1000 living.	Deaths of Infants under one year 1000 births.

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The following death rates are interesting when compared with one another:—

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TABLE VI. POPLAR.

	Quarters.				Total.
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total.

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TABLE VII. BROMLEY.

	Quarters.				Total.
	1St.	2nd.	3rd	4th.	Total.

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TABLE X. POPULAR. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1898.

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TABLE XI. BROMLEY. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1898.

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TABLE XII (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 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar (POPLAR), classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities, and showing also the population of such Locality and the Births therein during the year.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.	Population at all Ages.		Registeied Births.	Aged under 5 or over 5.	New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.												Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
	Lost Census 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.			Fevers.		Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Total.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphiheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Total.
	Lost Census 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Total.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphiheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Total.

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TABLE XIII. (B) Table of Population. Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health duting the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar (BROMLEY), classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities, and showing also the population of such Locality and the Births therein during the year.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of iheseStatistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.	Population at all Ages.		Registered Births.	Aged under 5 or over 5.	New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.												Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
	Last Census 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.			Fevers		Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Total.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Total
	Last Census 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	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

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The notification rate per iooo living being : —

1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.		1898.

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DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT. The following figures give the number of premises disinfected, and the number of times the Board's apparatus was used for the two parishes, some thousands of articles being disinfected:—

	Private premises.	Board's apparatus.

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1896.—January to December.

	Births notified.	Vaccinations.	Insusceptible.	Dead.

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SCARLET FEVER. The number of scarlet fever cases notified for the two parishes and the deaths which occurred were the lowest for the past six years.

1893- Cases notified.	Deaths.	1894. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1895. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1896. Cases notified.	Deaths	1897. Cases notified.	Deaths.	1898. Cases notified.	Deaths.

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CONTINUED AND TYPHOID FEVERS. Three cases of continued fever were notified in Bromley:— The typhoid fever cases notified were:—

	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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Thirty-four cases in Poplar and 28 in Bromley were removed to various hospitals as follows:—

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The typhoid fever cases occurred for the most part, as will be seen, during the last quarter of the year.

	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.

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Cases notified:—

	1893.	1894.	I895-	1896.	1897.	1898.

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The diphtheria and membranous croup patients classified according to sex and school age were as follows:—

	Males.	Females.	Total.

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School-age cases. (Three to 10 years). Per 100 cases notified (all ages):—

	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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For number of deaths and death-rates from diphtheria, see Tables I., II., III., IV.

	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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Deaths from diarrœa for the past six years were as follows:—

	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1898 were as follows:—

	Number of Inquests held in the parishes.	Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners.	Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts.	Total Inquests belonging to each parish.	Verdict from Violence.	Verdict from Natural Causes.

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For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, page 12.

	Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non-residents, were as follows.		Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto.
	Poplar.	Bromley.	Poplar.	Bromley.

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The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—

	Aged under 5 or over 5.	Notifications.					Removals.
	Aged under 5 or over 5.	Small-pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Typhoid Fever.	Erysipelas.	Small-pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Typhoid Fever.

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The deaths were as follows:—

	Residents.	Outlying.

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The registered causes of death being—

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The Institutions in which the deaths happened were—

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The mortality for the above buildings for the past four years is as follows:—

1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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Hanbury Buildings.

1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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Grosvenor Buildings.

1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.

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RAINFALL AND WATER SUPPLY. Rainfall during the past year was as follows:—

Inches.		Difference from average of 83 years,
		Sum.	Sum.

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley, from the 1st January, 1898, to 31st December, 1898.

	Poplar.		Bromley.		Total.
	Mr. Bullock	Mr. Foad	Mr. Anthony	Mr. Miners

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No. of Street and Premises.	Nature of Complaint.	Date of hearing summonses at Police Courts.	Result.	Name of Inspector.

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No. of Street and Premises.	Nature of Complaint.	Date of hearing summonses at Police Courts.	Result.	Name of Inspector.

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The following figures show the number of houses (approximately) each Sanitary Inspector has in his district:—

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The nature of article, extent of adulteration, and results of police-court proceedings were as follows:—

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I have also made periodical inspections throughout the year of the cow and slaughter-houses.

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Summary of Notices and Improvements carried out at the different Manufactories and Workshops in the Poplar and Bromley Parishes, for the year ended December, 1898.

Nature of Nuisance.	Number of Notices served.	Cause of Nuisance.	How Remedied.

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The births during the 52 weeks were:—

The annual birth rate per 1000 living being:—

The annual marriage rate per 1000 living being:—

The excess of births was as follows:—

The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 14 years:—

ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

RESPIRATORY DISEASES.

Deaths (all ages).

Proportion of Deaths to 1000 deaths from all causes.

PHTHISIS. Deaths (all ages).

TABLE I. (A) Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District 0f Poplar, classified according to Diseases, " Ages and Localities.

TABLE II. (A ) Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the BROMLEY Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE III. The year 1898.

TABLE IV. The year 1898.

TABLE V.

The following death rates are interesting when compared with one another:—

TABLE VI. POPLAR.

TABLE VII. BROMLEY.

TABLE X. POPULAR. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1898.

TABLE XI. BROMLEY. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions and certain Localities during the year 1898.

The notification rate per iooo living being : —

DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT. The following figures give the number of premises disinfected, and the number of times the Board's apparatus was used for the two parishes, some thousands of articles being disinfected:—

1896.—January to December.

SCARLET FEVER. The number of scarlet fever cases notified for the two parishes and the deaths which occurred were the lowest for the past six years.

CONTINUED AND TYPHOID FEVERS. Three cases of continued fever were notified in Bromley:— The typhoid fever cases notified were:—

Thirty-four cases in Poplar and 28 in Bromley were removed to various hospitals as follows:—

The typhoid fever cases occurred for the most part, as will be seen, during the last quarter of the year.

Cases notified:—

The diphtheria and membranous croup patients classified according to sex and school age were as follows:—

School-age cases. (Three to 10 years). Per 100 cases notified (all ages):—

For number of deaths and death-rates from diphtheria, see Tables I., II., III., IV.

Deaths from diarrœa for the past six years were as follows:—

INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1898 were as follows:—

For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, page 12.

The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—

The deaths were as follows:—

The registered causes of death being—

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The Institutions in which the deaths happened were—

The mortality for the above buildings for the past four years is as follows:—

Hanbury Buildings.

Grosvenor Buildings.

RAINFALL AND WATER SUPPLY. Rainfall during the past year was as follows:—

List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley, from the 1st January, 1898, to 31st December, 1898.

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The following figures show the number of houses (approximately) each Sanitary Inspector has in his district:—

The nature of article, extent of adulteration, and results of police-court proceedings were as follows:—

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I have also made periodical inspections throughout the year of the cow and slaughter-houses.

Summary of Notices and Improvements carried out at the different Manufactories and Workshops in the Poplar and Bromley Parishes, for the year ended December, 1898.

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