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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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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 80 | 72 | 56 | 85 | 6l | 68 |
| Bromley | 218 | 84 | 80 | 68 | 87 | 51 |
| Totals | 298 | 156 | 136 | 153 | 148 | 119 |
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | ||
| Isle of Dogs or South | ||||||
| Poplar | 30 | 27 | 60 | 29 | 43 | |
| North Poplar | 42 | 29 | 25 | 32 | 25 | |
| South Bromley | 32 | 35 | 33 | 43 | 23 | |
| North Bromley | 52 | 45 | 35 | 44 | 28 | |
| Totals | 136 | 153 | 148 | 119 | ||
| Notifications per 1000 living:— | ||||||
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | ||
| Isle of Dogs or South Poplar | 1.46 | 1.31 | 2.89 | 1.39 | 2.05 | |
| North Poplar | 1.14 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.66 | |
| South Bromley | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 1.15 | 0.61 | |
| North Bromley | 1.60 | 1.38 | 1.08 | 1.35 | 0.86 | |
The 68 cases in Poplar were notified from 47 premises, and the
51 cases in Bromley from 44 premises : in the first instance 12 house
drains were found defective, and in the second 5, the smoke test
being used.