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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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The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were:—
| Brook Fever Hospital | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Shadwell | 3 |
| Licensed Victuallers' Asylum | 1 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| Metropolitan Hospital | 1 |
| Poplar Hospital | 1 |
| Poplar Union Workhouse | 2 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
| Sick Asylum | 7 |
| River Thames | 1 |
| Total | 19 |
The mortality for the above buildings for the past seven years is as follows:—
| 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 48 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 62 |
Mr. Lough, Clerk to the Guardians, has been good enough to
furnish me with the following information for the year 1901:—
No parish medical order was issued for the Council Buildings,
Yabsley Street, but 5 were given for Hanbury Buildings, King Street.
So far as Grosvenor Buildings are concerned, 3 Dispensary medical
orders, and 9 orders for the Medical Officer to see patients at their
own homes were issued. There were also on the permanent medical
relief list 7 persons residing in the Buildings who were entitled to
apply for medical attendance at any time.
The following figures are number of Parish Medical orders issued
during the respective years :—
47