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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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ruary. The patient was immediately removed, notice given to the
Vaccination Officer, and the premises disinfected. The second case
was notified on the 9th March, 16 days later, and was a boy, aged 10
years, the son of the first patient. In the Hackney district five in a
family, relatives of the above patients, it was stated, had been suffering
from the complaint. Five children at home (in the Bromley case),
three of whom had been re-vaccinated, were free from Small-pox.
Mr. Hitchins, the Vaccination Officer, has kindly furnished me
with the following statistics, which are copied from those forwarded
to the Local Government Board :—

Table: 1899. —January to June.

1899. —January to June.

Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
Poplar10263302134
Bromley12443502171
Totals22706804305

Table: 1899. —July to December.

1899. —July to December.

Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
Poplar9663282118
Bromley12383554142
Totals22046836260

Table: 1900. —January to June.

1900. —January to June.

Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
Poplar1003363—133
Bromley13393891188
Totals23427521321