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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: 1893. Rain-fall.Difference from average of 78 years —4.98.

1893. Rain-fall.

Difference from average of 78 years —4.98.

Estimated population to middle of year 1893.Diphtheria. 620.*Notiflcations per 1,000 living.
Isle of Dogs or South Poplar20,267884.3
North Poplar36,3671263.4
South Bromley38,2181894.9
North Bromley33,1182176.5

Table: 1894. Rainfall.Difference from average of79years +1.84.

1894. Rainfall.

Difference from average of79years +1.84.

Estimated population to middle of year 1894.Diphtheria. 418.Typhoid Fever. 136.Diphtheria. Notifications per 1000 living.Typhoid Fever. Notifications per 1,000 living.
Isle of Dogs or South Poplar20,47948302.31.4
North Poplar36,74793422.51.4
South Bromley38,587109322.80.82
North Bromley33,439168525.01.55

Table: 1895.Rain-fall.Difference from average of 80 years — 5.33.

1895.

Rain-fall.

Difference from average of 80 years — 5.33.

1st Quarter. —1.682nd Quarter. —3.793rd Quarter. —0.834th Quarter. +0.97
Estimated population to middle of year 1894Diphtheria. 879.Typhoid Fever. 136.Diphtheria. Notifications per 1,000 living.Typhoid Fever. Notifications 1,000 living.
Isle of Dogs or South Poplar20,58074273.591.31
North Poplar36,928178294.820.78
South Bromley38,925173354.440.89
North Bromley33,733150454.441.33

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*It is well to remember that where the Notification Act exists, the notification
rate and not the death rate should be taken as the gauge for determining the
existence of the disease. In overcrowded poor districts such as Bethnal Green,