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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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1804.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899
Poplar 3.0 4.1 3.4 3.64 340 4.25
Bromley 2.2 2.9 2.7 2.55 2.75 3.96

Table: TUBERCULAR DISEASES.See Tables VIII. and IX. Deaths (all ages).

TUBERCULAR DISEASES.

See Tables VIII. and IX. Deaths (all ages).

1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Poplar146178153169191183
Bromley139155145175163182

Table: Proportion of Deaths to 1000 deaths from all causes.

Proportion of Deaths to 1000 deaths from all causes.

1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Poplar130.9125.0122.3137.3152.3134.2
Bromley103.497.6101.9127.0110.4115.4

Table: PHTHISIS.Deaths (all ages).

PHTHISIS.

Deaths (all ages).

1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Poplar9696114112123135141
Bromley97101100113140111136

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There is no doubt (as stated in my last Annual Report) that
tuberculosis is very largely caused through the drinking of unboiled
milk, and it is also due to the ingestion of cream and butter. Legislation
is urgently required for the regulation of dairies and the
inspection of milch cows. The compulsion of the recommendations
of the Royal Commission on tuberculosis would no doubt tend to
lessen the prevalence of consumption in its various forms.