Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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One death belonging to Grosvenor Buildings occurred through an
accident in the West India Docks.
The mortality for the above buildings for the past thirteen years is as
follows :—
1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907.
36 .. 48 .. 32 .. 39 .. 44 .. 31 ..62 ..39 .. 44 .. 53 .. 48 .. 43 .. 34
Mr. Lough, Clerk to the Guardians, has been good enough to furnish
me with the following information for the year 1907:—
Visiting Medical Orders. Dispensary Medical Orders. Number on Permanent List.
Hanbury Buildings 11 5 0
Grosvenor Buildings 35 21 25
Council Buildings 12 12 10
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. 1907.
22 .. 30 .. 11 .. 18 .. 11 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 .. 15 .. 27 .. 34 .. 17 .. 16
Grosvenor Buildings.
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907.
77 .. 103 .. 65 .. 48 .. 46 .. 27 .. 28 .. 19 .. 60 .. 69 .. 63 .. 103 .. 98 .. 81
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
July, 1907.
65, Bow Lane, 41 men, John Moore
193, 5, 7, Bow Road, Bow Chambers, 640 men, Wm. Henry Grayson.
196, Bow Road, 54 men, George J. Betts.
*217, Bow Road, 91 men, Alfred Palmer.
97, High Street, 15 men, Henrick Miiller.
144, High Street, 29 men, Frederick James Simpson.
207, High Street, 199 men, George Benjamin Oyler.
378, Old Ford Road, Betha Nicholson, 31 men.
38, Pennyfields, 54 men, Mary Stephenson.
•217, Bow Road is now (March, 1908) transferred to Alfred Partner, and the
apportionment has been reduced to 79 men, but the above list has been corrected to end
of 1907 only. (13th March, 1908.)