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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: 1895.

1895.

Poplar343200.34
Bromley330190.26
Totals673390.30

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In the last three quarters of the year 1893 there were 1315 cases
notified in the two parishes, with 66 deaths, giving a death rate of
0.69 per 1000 living.
Ninety cases were removed to the Fever Hospitals from Poplar,
and 110 cases from Bromley. One case removed in Bromley was
returned from the hospital, as the patient was found to be suffering
from measles.
CONTINUED AND TYPHOID FEVERS.
Three cases of continued fever were notified in Poplar, and five
cases in Bromley. No deaths occurred from this disease. The
typhoid fever cases were:-
1894. 1895.
Poplar 72 56
Bromley 84 80

Table: Twenty cases in Poplar and 37 (including one from the Sick Asylum) in Bromley, were removed to various hospitals as follows:—Poplar.

Twenty cases in Poplar and 37 (including one from the Sick Asylum) in Bromley, were removed to various hospitals as follows:—

Poplar.

Under 55 upwards.
Asylums Boards' HospitalsI9
London Hospital04
Children's Hospital (Shadwell)01
Guy's Hospital02
Charing Cross01
German Hospital01
St. Bartholomews01
119