London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the County Council
Buildings contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35.
The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—
| Aged under 5 or over 5. | Notifications. | Removals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | ||
| Grosvenor Buildings | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | |
| Council ,, | Under 5 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Hanbury ,, | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | l | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
The deaths were as follows:—
| Residents. | Outlying. | |
|---|---|---|
| Grosvenor Buildings | 25 | 9 |
| Council „ | 2 | 0 |
| Hanbury „ | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | 9 |
The registered causes of death being—
| From Miasmatic Diseases | 1 |
| „ Influenza | 0 |
| „ Diarrhoea | 2 |
| ,, Venereal | 0 |
| „ Septic | 0 |
| „ Constitutional Diseases | 7 |
| „ Developmental Diseases | 3 |