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The 25 cases in Poplar were notified from 20 premises, the 19 cases
in Bromley from 13 premises, and the 17 cases in Bow were notified from
14 premises; in the first instance 3 house drains were found defective, in
the second 0, and in the third 1, the smoke test being used. So that the
61 cases in the Borough were notified from 47 houses, and the drains were
defective in 4 instances.
Nineteen cases in Poplar, eighteen in Bromley, and sixteen in Bow
were removed to various hospitals, as follows :—
POPLAR (Sub-District).
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 12
Poplar Hospital 2
Sick Asylum 5
19
BROMLEY.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 13
Poplar Hospital 1
Sick Asylum 4
18
BOW.
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 5
Sick Asylum 8
London Hospital 2
Shoreditch Infimary 1
16
Three cases of Typhoid Fever were stated by the patients or their
friends to be due to eating shell-fish and fried fish, as follow: —
No. Date. Age. Sex. Address. Remarks.
1 3rd Nov. 28 years Male Glengall Road Had eaten oysters at a hotel
in Chatham ten or twelve
days previous.
2 1st Dec. 11 years Male Bickmore Street
3 1st Dec. 5 years Female Bickmore Street
Had eaten whelks from stall in street about a month previous.