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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Notifications and Hospital Accommodation, Outworkers.
There were 567 notifications of infectious diseases in Poplar,
800 in Bromley, and 241 in Bow, making a total of 1,608 for the
Borough of Poplar; these do not include 64 second notifications.
The notification rate per 1000 living being:—
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 10.6 13.6 11.3 11.49 9-57 8.99 )2-5° 9-68
Bromley 12.9 11.9 13.8 14.50 9.61 7.98 8.36 11.72
Bow 16.2 15.8 13.1 16.04 6.39 6.70 7.04 5.73
Borough of Poplar being 9.52.

Table: Notifications of parishioners from Institutions within the parishes of Poplar and Bromley were as follows

Notifications of parishioners from Institutions within the parishes of Poplar and Bromley were as follows

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Small-pox.Puerperal Fever.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Puerperal Fever.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.
Poplar Union Workhouse1011...1...71......1...
Sick Asylum2...............2...............
Stepney Union Workhouse4...............4...............
Poplar Hospital. .6......2*4**............2*2**...

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* Removed London Fever Hospital, ** 1 Case to London Fever Hospital.
J Notifications for Model Dwellings, see page 46.
Of the 567 patients notified in Poplar, 356 were removed to
hospitals; of the 800 in Bromley, 529 were isolated, and of the 241 in
Bow 129 were removed, so that of a total of 1,608 notifiable diseases
in the Borough 1,014 patients had been removed from their homes.
In giving the above numbers of notifications, no deductions have
been made for the following cases, which it will be seen developed
other diseases, either shortly after admission or after being in the