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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the County Council
Buildings contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35.
The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—
| Total Cases. | Notifications. | Removals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Chicken-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtherial Membranous Croup. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | ||
| Grosvenor Buildings | 34 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | ... | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ... |
| Council | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. |
| Hanbury | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
The deaths were as follows:—
| Residents. | Outlying. | |
|---|---|---|
| Grosvenor Buildings | 24 | 8 |
| Council | 2 | 0 |
| Hanbury | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | 9 |