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 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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Table: For annual rates of deaths from violence per iooo persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, page 12.

For annual rates of deaths from violence per iooo persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, page 12.

Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non-residents, were as follows.Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto.
Poplar.Bromley.Poplar.Bromley.
By Railway0100
By Vehicles and Horses01002
Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning)6800
Building Operations0002
Conflagrations0000
Burns, Scalds and Explosions11900
Drowning (accidental not suicidal)331132
Suffocation in Bed101400
Poisons or Poisonous Vapours0000
Other and not stated Causes145836
Homicide0000
Suicide51602
Total69137614

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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.

Table: The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—

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 BuildingsUnder 51221...1...1...
5 upwds....8......2...2......
Council ,,Under 5...........................
5 upwds............................
Hanbury ,,Under 5..........1............
5 upwds............................