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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 1898
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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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications and Hospital Accommodation, Outworkers, and Port
Sanitary Authorities' Notifications.
There were 558 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar and
670 in Bromley ; these do not include 38 second notifications.
The notification rate per iooo living being : —
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar 10.6 | 13-6 | 11.3 | (A) 11.49 | (B) 11.37 | (A) 9.57 | (B) 9.36 |
| Bromley 12.9 | 11.9 | 13.8 | (A) 14.50 | (b) 14.19 | (a) 9.61 | (b) 9.25 |
Of the 558 patients notified in Poplar 195 were removed to
hospitals, and of the 670 in Bromley, 291 were isolated.
Twenty-three patients removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Boards' Hospitals, were returned home, after being detained in the
hospitals some days certified as not suffering from the complaint
notified or any other notifiable disease. These 23 notifications have
not been deducted from the totals.
During the year no difficulty was experienced in the removal of
patients, for there was no want of accommodation at the Metropolitan
Asylums Boards' Hospitals.
One case of scarlet fever and one of erysipelas were connected
with milk shops in Bromley. The London County Council was
communicated with and the sale of milk was stopped until after the
premises and utensils had been disinfected.
Eight outworkers were connected with infectious cases notified, 2
in Poplar and 6 in Bromley. The usual notices were served.
At the meeting of the Sanitary Committee on the 28th October,