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Poplar 1906

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

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MORTUARIES. The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuaries classified according to the ages of the deceased: —

Total.No age stated.Still-born.Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Bickmore Street370529142192512561
St. Leonard's Road5........41....
Bow Churchyard..................
Wellington Road (infectious diseases)1........1......
Total376529142242612561

The provision of proper mortuary accommodation is still under the
consideration of the Public Health and Housing Committee.
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the County Council Buildings
contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35.

The notification of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—

Notifications.Removals.
Total Cases.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.
Grosvenor Buildings15..77..1..65..
Council Buildings....................
Hanbury Buildings1........1........