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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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SCARLET FEVER.

Table: The number of scarlet fever cases notified for the two parishes, and the deaths which occurred for the past eight years were as follow:—

The number of scarlet fever cases notified for the two parishes, and the deaths which occurred for the past eight years were as follow:—

1893. Cases notified.Deaths.1894. Cases notified.Deaths.1895. Cases notified.Deaths-1806. Cases notified.Deaths1897. Cases notified.Deaths.1898. Cases notified.Deaths.1899. Cases notified.Deaths.1900-Cases notified.Deaths.
P. 62739239123432027482516207314222463
B. 85448331223301942919476123251317941683
148187570346733970327727185321632164146

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A man in Poplar applied at one of the West-end Metropolitan
Hospitals. He was informed that he was suffering from scarlet fever,
and that an ambulance had been sent for to take him to a Fever
Hospital, and that he ought not to go into the streets, but wait for
the ambulance to take him away. In spite of this being repeated to
him several times, he persisted in leaving the hospital. No action
was taken as the patient was seriously ill.
CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVERS.
One case of continued fever was notified in Bromley, the patient,
a man aged 40 years, was removed into the Eastern Fever Hospital,
but three days afterwards he was certified to be suffering from typhus
fever. He was employed casually as a boilermaker and stevedore.
He had been working on board ship in the docks. The wife who
was an outworker, had her work stopped, and the garments she had
in hand were disinfected before being returned to the workshop.
TYPHOID FEVER.

Table: The typhoid fever cases notified were : —

The typhoid fever cases notified were : —

1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.I900.
Poplar80725685616814390
Bromley2188480688751921OO
Totals298156136153148119235190