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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 1906
[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:—
| Asylum, Cane Hill | 1 |
| ,, Dartford Heath | 1 |
| ,, Tooting Bee | 2 |
| Fever Hospital, Brook | 1 |
| Hospital, Children's, East London | 1 |
| „ Guy's | 1 |
| „ London | 1 |
| „ Poplar | 1 |
| Mother's Home, Commercial Road | 1 |
| Sick Asylum | 13 |
| Union Workhouse, Poplar | 1 |
| Total | 24 |
The mortality for the above buildings for the past twelve years is as follows:—
| 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 48 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 62 | 39 | 44 | 53 | 48 | 43 |
Mr. Lough, Clerk to the Guardians, has been good enough to furnish me with the following information for the year 1906:—
| Visiting Medical Orders. | Dispensary Medical Orders. | Number on Permanent List. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanbury Buildings | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Grosvenor Buildings | 27 | 41 | 30 |
| Council Buildings | 4 | 2 | 0 |
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. | 1905. | 1906. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 34 | 17 |
Grosvenor Buildings.
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 103 | 65 | 48 | 46 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 60 | 69 | 63 | 103 | 98 |