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Poplar 1900
[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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and the sale of milk was stopped until after the premises and utensils
had been disinfected.
Notices ot eight passengers had been received from Port Sanitary
Authorities (see Bubonic Plague, page 49).
Three outworkers were connected with infectious cases notified
2 in Poplar and 1 in Bromley. The usual notice was given.
No difficulty was experienced in obtaining the removal of infectious
cases.
DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT.
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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 555 | 553 |
| Bromley | 517 | 513 |
| 1072 | 1066 |
Upon representing the position in the event of a breakdown of
the disinfecting apparatus or the occurrence of an epidemic, the
Committee recommended to the then Board that further provision
was necessary, and it was resolved that saturated steam (the " Equifex")
apparatus be erected and the disinfecting station be extended.
At the time of writing this report, the additional building required
has been erected and the new apparatus is in working order. The
existing Washington Lyon apparatus and boiler have been lagged
with wood.
SMALL POX.
Two cases of small-pox occurred at a house in the parish of Bromley.
The first case was a female, aged 33 years, notified on the 21st