Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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: —
Camberwell Infirmary | 1 |
Children's Hospital, Shadwell | 1 |
Fever Hospital, Brook | 4 |
Poplar Parish | 1 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
St. John's Hospital | 1 |
Sick Asylum | 5 |
Blackwall Sick Asylum | 1 |
Total | 15 |
The mortality for the above buildings for the past ten years is as follows: —
1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | •• | 48 | •• | 32 | •• | 39 | •• | 44 | •• | 31 | •• | 62 | •• | 39 | •• | 44 | •• | 53 |
Mr. Lough, Clerk to the Guardians, has been good enough to furnish me with the following information for the year 1904: —
Visiting Medical Orders | Dispensary Mel'ca! Orders. | Number on Permanent List. | |
---|---|---|---|
Hanbury Buildings | 9 | 18 | – |
Grosvenor Buildings | 26 | 19 | 18 |
Council Buildings | 3 | 1 | — |
The following figures are the number of parish medical orders issued during the respective years: —
Hanbury Buildings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | •• | 30 | •• | 11 | •• | 18 | •• | 11 | •• | 5 | •• | 5 | •• | 8 | •• | 15 | 27 |
Grosvenor Buildings.
1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. |
77 | 103 | 65 | 48 | 46 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 60 | 69 | 63 |