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Poplar 1902

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

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Table: 1901.—January to June.

1901.—January to June.

Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
Poplar,1045350—112
Bromley12003671144
Bow689255—65
Totals29349721321

Table: 1901.—July to December.

1901.—July to December.

Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
Poplar1074400—130
Bromley11613811122
Bow703307194
Totals293810882346

Table: 1902.—January to June.

1902.—January to June.

Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
Poplar10054221Ill
Bromley12054733123
Bow705295—60
Totals291511904294

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The Vaccination Act, 1898, expires at the end of 1903, and the
London County Council intimated that the question of the suggested
transference to the Borough Councils of the duty of enforcing the
Vaccination Acts was under consideration, and asked for the views of
the Council on the matter. The Poplar Council had already passed a
resolution advocating the proposed transfer.
The Bermondsey Borough Council wrote suggesting that, in
addition to the transfer to the Borough Councils of the powers and