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Poplar 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Drainage of Premises.
The 31 cases in Poplar were notified from 23 premises, the 17 cases
in Bromley from 13 premises, and the 6 cases in Bow were notified from
3 premises; in the first instance 2 house drains were found defective, in
the second 0, and in the third 0, the smoke test being used. So that the
54 cases in the Borough were notified from 39 houses, and the drains were
defective in 2 instances.
Isolation.
Thirty cases in Poplar, fifteen in Bromley, and five in Bow were
removed to various hospitals, as follows :—
POPLAR (Sub-District).
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 17 |
| Poplar Hospital | 2 |
| Sick Asylum | 7 |
| Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, City Road | 1 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich | 1 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 1 |
| 30 |
BROMLEY.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 9 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| Sick Asylum | 3 |
| Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich | 2 |
| 15 |
BOW.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 1 |
| Sick Asylum | 1 |
| London Hospital | 2 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 1 |
| 5 |