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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAl 0FFICER OF HEALTH
for the
SOUTH DISTRICT.
Comprising the Parishes of All Saints, Poplar, and
Bromley St. Leonard.
To the Chairman and Members of the Board of Works for the
Poplar District.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with " The Sanitary Officer's (London) order, 1891,"
of the Local Government Board, dated 8th December 1891, I have
the pleasure of submitting to you my sixth Annual Report, which
report deals with the year 1898, and includes the annual reports of
the Sanitary Inspectors for the parishes of Poplar and Bromley, and
the report of the Inspector of Nuisances in manufactories and
workshops.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The populations of the two parishes, estimated to the middle of
the year 1898, on the theory of the basis of the rate of change between
the censuses of 1891 and 1896 being maintained are:—
Registration
London
4,504,766.
South Poplar or
Isle of Dogs 20,905 South Bromley 37,334
North Poplar 37,512 North Bromley 32,355
Total 58,417 69,689
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