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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 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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Table: The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows :—

The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows :—

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup
Grosvenor Buildings23...61313...471
Council ,,2...11..................
Hanbury..............................

Table: The deaths were as follows :—

The deaths were as follows :—

Residents.Outlying.
Grosvenor Buildings223
Council ,,01
Hanbury „50
274

Table: The registered causes of death being—

The registered causes of death being—

From Miasmatic Diseases2
,, Influenza0
Diarrhoea4
Venereal0
„ Septic0
„ Constitutional Diseases3
„ Developmental Diseases1
„ Diseases of the Nervous System1
„ „ Circulatory3
„ „ Respiratory3
„ „ Digestive4
„ „ Urinary1
„ „ Generative0
„ Accident of Childbirth0
„ Disease of the Integumentary System0
„ Accidental Deaths0
„ Suicide1
„ Other Diseases8
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