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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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42
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Last year the actual number of inhabitants of Grosvenor Buildings
was ascertained to be 1764 persons in 512 tenements. This year, at
the time of my enquiry, 514 tenements were occupied out of a total
of 542, so that we will take the number of inhabitants this year as
1770.
The County Council Buildings contain 50 tenements, and at the
end of the year 48 were occupied with 175 inhabitants (93 adults.
82 children).
Hanbury Buildings contain 34 two-roomed tenements, of which
25 were occupied at the end of the year with 162 inhabitants (55
adults and 107 children). The inhabitants of the three buildings
would be, therefore, 2107.

Table: The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follow:-

The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follow:-

Aged under 5 or over 5.Notifications.Removals.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.
Grosvenor BuildingsUnder 5...62...1...12
5 upwds.12514112
Council ,,Under 5......1............1
5 upwds....1............1...
Hanbury ,,Under 5........................
5 upwds.........................

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The total being 24 notifications, giving an annual rate of 11.3 per
1000 living. Compare with Table, page 11.