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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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| Total Cases. | Notifications. | Removals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. i | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | ||
| Poplar Union Workhouse | 7 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | 5 | Z•• | Z•• | Z•• | 1* |
| Sick Asylum | 3 | •• | 2† | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 1 | •• |
| Sick Asylum, Blackwall | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1‡ | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Stepney Union Workhouse | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Children's Receiving Home, 54, East India Dock Road | 18 | •• | 18 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 18 | •• | •• |
| Poplar Hospital | 2 | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | |
* Admitted into Sick Asylum,
† Members of the Staff.
‡ Member of the Staff.
|| Member of the Staff.
Of the 326 patients notified in Poplar, 212 were removed to hospitals;
of the 463 in Bromley 310 were isolated, and of the 323 in Bow 195 were
removed, so that of a total of 1,112 notifiable diseases in the Borough
717 patients had been removed from their homes.
Errors in Diagnosis.
In giving the above numbers of notifications, no deductions have
been made for the following cases, which it will be seen developed other
diseases, either shortly after admission or after being in the hospital some
time, whilst the list also shows that some patients removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals, after being detained in those institutions
some days were returned home certified as not suffering from the
complaint or any other notifiable disease.