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Poplar 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Notifications per 1000 living:—
| 1894. | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 1.30 | 1.04 | 1.78 | 1.12 | 1.35 | 2.66 | 1.63 | 0.78 |
| Bromley | 1.22 | 1.15 | 0.98 | 1.25 | 0.73 | 1.32 | 1.44 | 1.28 |
| Bow | 1.08 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 1.12 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 1.83 | 0.88 |
The notification rate per 1000 living for the Borough being 1.01.
The 46 cases in Poplar were notified from 44 premises, the 88
cases in Bromley from 71 premises, and the 37 cases in Bow were
notified from 35 premises; in the first instance 13 house drains were
found defective, in the second 10, and in the third 4, the smoke test
being used. So that the 171 cases in the Borough were notified from
150 houses, and the drains were defective in 27 instances.
Thirty-three cases in Poplar, 67 in Bromley, and 26 in Bow were
removed to various hospitals as follows:—
Poplar (Parish).
Metropolitan Asylums Boards' Hospitals 19
London Hospital 3
Children's Hospital, Shadwell 4
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road 1
Poplar Hospital 5
Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich 1
33
Bromley.
Metropolitan Asylums Boards' Hospitals 48
London Hospital 8
Children's Hospital Shadwell 5
Poplar Union Workhouse ... ... ... 1
Poplar Hospital 1
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road 4
67