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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 1899
Annual report, year 1899, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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In giving the above numbers of notifications, no deductions have been made for the following cases, which it will be seen developed other diseases, either shortly after admission or after being in the hospital some time, whilst the list 'also shews that some patients removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Boards' hospitals, after being detained in those institutions some days were returned home certified as not suffering from the complaint or any other notifiable disease.
| Parish. | Disease with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Boards Hospital. | Date of Admission. | Report from Hospital. | Date of Report. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. | 1899. | |||
| Poplar | Diphtheria | 23rd Dec. | *Scarlet Fever | 12th Feb, |
| 1899. | ||||
| „ | Typhoid Fever | 31st Tan. | *Diphtheria | 11th „ |
| „ | † „ „ | llth Feb. | Not a case | 14th „ |
| Bromley | Diphtheria | 28th Jan. | „ | 17th „ |
| „ | Typhoid Fever | 9th Feb. | „ | 22nd ,, |
| „ | Diphtheria | 28th ,, | ‡ Scarlet Fever | 3rd March |
| „ | „ | 4th „ | „ | 4th ,, |
| „ | Scarlet Fever | 6th ,, | *Diphtheria | 4th „ |
| „ | Diphtheria | 5th ,, | *Scarlet Fever | 11th „ |
| „ | „ | 16th March | ‡ „ | 20th „ |
| „ | „ | 17th „ | Not a case | 13th April |
| „ | „ | 14th April | ‡Scarlet Fever | 15th ,, |
| „ | „ | 11th „ | ‡ „ | 22nd ,, |
| „ | Scarlet Fever | 24th ,, | Not a case | 15th May |
| „ | „ | 2nd May | „ | 15th ,, |
| „ | „ | 1st April | *Diphtheria | 15th ,, |
| „ | Diphtheria | 26th May | ‡Scarlet Fever | 30th „ |
| „ | Scarlet Fever | 9th June | *Diphtheria | 16th June |
| „ | Enteric Fever | 17th May | Not a case | 20th ,, |
| Poplar | Scarlet Fever | 10th June | „ | 1st July |
| Bromley | ,, (2 cases) | 9th „ | Not cases | 6th ,, |
| „ | Diphtheria | 5th Sept. | Scarlet Fever | 7th Sept. |
| Poplar | Enteric | 11th „ | Not a case | 15th ,, |
| Bromley | Diphtheria | 21st „ | „ | 26th ,, |
| „ | „ | 16th Oct. | „ | 1st Nov. |
| „ | „ | 12th „ | „ | 3rd „ |
| „ | „ | 11th „ | „ | 5th ,, |
| „ | „ | 20th Nov. | ‡Scarlet Fever | 21st „ |
| „ | „ | 21st Dec. | * „ | 25th Dec, |
| „ | Enteric Fever | 15th „ | Not a case | 26th „ |
| 1900. | ||||
| Poplar | „ | 11th „ | „ | 5th Jan. |
| „ | „ | 8th „ | „ | 5th „ |
| „ | „ | 8th „ | „ | 5th „ |
| „ | Diphtheria | 8th „ | „ | 11th „ |
| Bromley | Scarlet Fever | 30th „ | ‡Diphtheria | 4th ,, |
| „ | Diphtheria | 30th „ | *Scarlet Fever | 10th ,, |
| „ | „ | 15th Nov. | * „ | 24th „ |
| „ | „ | 6th Dec. | „ | 3rd Feb. |
* Following. ‡ As well as. † Admitted into London Hospital.
On account of certain patients contracting another infectious disease
whilst inmates of the Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals, I was
directed by the Board to communicate with the Medical