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 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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The following figures give the number of premises disinfected, and the number of times the Board's apparatus was used for the two parishes, some thousands of articles being disinfected.
| Private Premises | Board's apparatus. | |
|---|---|---|
| 634 | 521 | |
| 544 | ||
Disinfectants are still supplied on the orders of the Inspectors, and
a record kept of their distribution.
INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| Number of Inquests held in the parishes. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each parish. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 222 | 34 | 34 | 222 | 67 | 155 |
| Bromley | 288 | 82 | 14 | 220 | 53 | 167 |
| Totals | 510 | 116 | 48 | 442 | 120 | 322 |
| Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non-residents, were as follow. | Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Bromley. | |
| By Railway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Building Operations | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Conflagrations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Drowing (accidental not suicidal) | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other and not stated Causes | 14 | 41 | 1 | 3 |
| Homicide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Suicide | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 65 | 96 | 7 | 7 |