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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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TABLE
(B) Table of Population Births,
| Names of Localities adopted (or the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Knowledge of the Medical | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1895. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | |||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | |||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Poplar | 5,6317 | 57,508 | 1944 | Under 5 | ... | 135 | 79 | 12 | ... | 11 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | 7 | 205 | 153 | 8 | ... | 44 | 2 | ||||
| Poplar Union Wokhouse | ... | ... | 54 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||||
| Scandinavian Home | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | 56317 | 57,508 | 1998 | Under 5 | ... | 136 | 79 | 12 | ... | 11 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | 7 | 207 | 153 | 8 | ... | 45 | 2 | ||||
" Notification of Infectious Disease " has been compulsory in the District
Metopolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally for Typhoid Fever cases the
TABLE
(B) Table of Population, Births,
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Knowledge of the Medical | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1895. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | |||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | |||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Bromley | 70,002 | 72,658 | 2625 | Under 5 | ... | 113 | 112 | 15 | ... | 6 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 13 | 216 | 136 | 7 | ... | 73 | 4 | ||||
| Sick Asylum | ... | ... | 3 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ||||||
| Stepney Union Workhouse | ... | ... | 16 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 ... | ||||
| Poplar Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| City Infirmary | ... | ... | 5 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... ... | ||||
| Totals | 70,002 | 72,658 | 2649 | Under 5 | ... | 113 | 112 | 15 | ... | 6 | |
| 5 upwds. | 18 | 217 | 189 | ... | 74 | 5 | |||||
" Notification of Infectious Disease " has been compulsory in the District
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally for Typhoid Fever cases the