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Poplar 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| No. | Date. | Sex. | Age. | Address. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 10th Oct. | Female | 25 years | Rothbury Bldngs. | In want and great distress. Died in Eastern Hospital on 28th November. |
| 15 | 16th Oct. | Male | 33 years | Wharf Road | Had been staying at Yarmouth for three weeks. No history of having eaten fish. Treated in Brook Hospital. Died 4th November. |
| 16 | 23rd Oct. | Female | 51 years | Hill Place Street | Walls and ceilings foul. No water supply to premises. Treated in Sick Asylum. |
| 17 | 25th Nov. | Male | 27 years | Milton Road | Labourer at Dust Shoot. Treated in Sick Asylum. |
| 18 | 30th Oct. | Female | 11 years | Cook Street | Drain defective. Treated in Brook Hospital. Died 6th January, 1908. |
| 19 | 7th Nov. | Female | 9 years | Deptford Ferry Road. | Ill three weeks with Pneumonia. Treated at home. |
| 20 | 20th Nov. | Female | 14 years | Howard Street | Drain defective. Treated at Brook Hospital. Died 29th January, 1908. |
| 21 | 28th Nov. | Male | 33 years | Washington St. | Had eaten "faggots." Walls and ceilings dirty and verminous. Was treated in Sick Asylum. |
| 22 | 23rd Dec. | Female | 41 years | Washington St. | No stated cause as to illness. Treated in Brook Hospital. Died 29th January, 1908. |
| 23 | 10th Deo. | Female | 18 years | Lamprell Street | Worked at French polishers. Sulphurous fumes and blacks from stove in workroom. Treated in Eastern Hospital. Died 26th Feb., 1908. |
| 21 | 17th Dec. | Female | 39 years | Railway Street | Worked at Stoke Newington, had cleared choked w.c. Treated in Brook Hospital. |
81 cases of Typhoid Fever were notified during the year, but in many
instances no causes or predisposing influences were stated.
Three cases sent to various hospitals, 1 in Poplar, 1 in Bromley, and
1 in Bow were certified (see list pages 57, 58 and 60) as not suffering
from Typhoid Fever:-So that in the 81 notified cases, 3 patients were
returned home from hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board as not
suffering from the complaint.*
Fifty-one specimens of blood from doubtful cases of Typhoid Fever
were forwarded to the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. In 27
nstances (52.9 per cent.) the Typhoid (Widal) reaction was obtained.
* Forty cases were removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and
26 cases were treated in other institutions. (See page 89.)