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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| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 17 |
| London Hospital | 3 |
| Sick Asylum | 6 |
| Poplar Hospital | 2 |
| 28 |
BOW.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 7 |
| Sick Asylum | 7 |
| Mildmay Mission Hospital | 1 |
| 15 |
Ten cases of Typhoid Fever were stated by the patients or their friends to be due to the eating of shell-fish:—
| Apl. 18 | Male | 22 years | Newcastle Street | Had eaten whelks from stall in Deptford. |
| Apl. 26 | Male | 26 years | Strattondale Street | Brother to patient above, Newcastle Street. |
| July 18 | Male | 24 years | New by Place | Had eaten a crab at Kelvedon, Essex. |
| Sept. 1 | Male | 30 years | Armagh Road | Had eaten oysters and cockles at Ramsgate. |
| Sept. 12 | Male | 28 years | Mostyn Road | Had been at Whale Island, had eaten periwinkles there, and had drunk some spring water on Rifls Range. |
| Sept. 21 | Female | 21 years | Leven Road | Had eaten cockles at Ramsgate. |
| Sept. 23 | Female | 16 years | St. Leonard's Street | Had eaten oysters at seaside. |
| Oct. 5 | Male | 30 years | Fairfoot Road | Had eaten oysters at Ramsgate. |
| Nov. 1 | Male | 32 years | Jefferson Street | Had been eating raw mussels. |
| Nov. 6 | Male | 31 years | Roman Roud | Had eaten oysters five weeks ago. |