London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1905

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

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BROMLEY.

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals17
London Hospital3
Sick Asylum6
Poplar Hospital2
28

BOW.

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals7
Sick Asylum7
Mildmay Mission Hospital1
15

Ten cases of Typhoid Fever were stated by the patients or their friends to be due to the eating of shell-fish:—

Apl. 18Male22 yearsNewcastle StreetHad eaten whelks from stall in Deptford.
Apl. 26Male26 yearsStrattondale StreetBrother to patient above, Newcastle Street.
July 18Male24 yearsNew by PlaceHad eaten a crab at Kelvedon, Essex.
Sept. 1Male30 yearsArmagh RoadHad eaten oysters and cockles at Ramsgate.
Sept. 12Male28 yearsMostyn RoadHad been at Whale Island, had eaten periwinkles there, and had drunk some spring water on Rifls Range.
Sept. 21Female21 yearsLeven RoadHad eaten cockles at Ramsgate.
Sept. 23Female16 yearsSt. Leonard's StreetHad eaten oysters at seaside.
Oct. 5Male30 yearsFairfoot RoadHad eaten oysters at Ramsgate.
Nov. 1Male32 yearsJefferson StreetHad been eating raw mussels.
Nov. 6Male31 yearsRoman RoudHad eaten oysters five weeks ago.