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Poplar 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

Published
1911
Pages
326
Tables
137

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    The number of births as per headings of Registrars' weekly returns was as follows:—
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows:—*
    Particulars.Males.Females.Totals.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    The annual birth rate per 1000 living being:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
  • Page 5
    Illegitimate Births (1910).
    Particulars.Males.Females.Totals.
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    Illegitimate Births—continued.
    Particulars.Males.Females.Totals.
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    The annual marriage rate per 1000 living being:—
    Poplar and Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    Marriages—continued.
    Poplar and Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 26 years (see page 2):—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Death rates per 1000 living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    RESPIRATORY DISEASES. Death rates per 1000 living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Poplar.BromleyBow.Borough of Poplar.
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    TUBERCULAR DISEASES.* See Table XX., page 68. (Deaths at all ages.)
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Death rates per 1,000 persons living
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
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    Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
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    Continued from previous page...
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
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    PHTHISIS Deaths (all ages)
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
  • Page 39
    Poplar Sub.District.
    A. Medical Officer, Poor Law Institution.B. Medical Officer, District.C. Superintending Officer, Poor Law Institution.D. Believing Officer, District.Total.
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    treets with which cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (poor Persons) were connected.
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    TABLE I. Deaths during the year 1910 in the Poplar Sub.District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
  • Page 47
    TABLE 11. Deaths duriiuj the year 1910 in the Bromley Sub.District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
  • Page 48
    TABLE III. Deaths during the year 1910 in the Bow Sub.District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics : public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
  • Page 51
    TABLE IV. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years. Poplar(Whole Borough).
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non.residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
    Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
    Number.Rate.*
  • Page 52
    TABLE V. Vital Statistics during 1910 and Previous Years. Poplar and Bromley Sub.Districts.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Bi rths.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non.residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deathsat all Ages belonging to the District.
    NumberRate.1Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate per 1000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
    Number.Rate.*
  • Page 53
    TABLE VI. Vital Statistics during 1910 and Previous Years. Bow Sub.District.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths oF Non.residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
    Number.Rate.1Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Bate per 1000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
    Number.Rate.*
  • Page 54
    TABLE VII. Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1910 and previous years. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.! Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 56
    TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at. Death during the Year 1910.
    Causes of Death, (see page 55.)Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 57
    TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1910.
    Causes of Death. (see page 55.)Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 58
    TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1910.
    Causes of Death, (see page 55).Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and without Sub-District (at all ages belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 59
    TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1910.
    Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and without Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    Causes of Death. (see page 55.)All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 60
    TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths(at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and non-resident included.)
    Causes of Death. (see page 55.)Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.City of London Union Infirmary.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.Total Deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
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    TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality fairing the Year 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death. (see page 55.)Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1- 2 months.2 3 months.3-4 months.4-5 months.5-6 months.6-7 months.7-8 months.8-9 months.9-10 months.10-11 months.111-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 62
    TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death, (see page 55.)Under 1 week.1-2 weeks. 12-3 weeks.3-4 weeks. |Total under 1 month.1-2 months.2-3 months.3-4 months.4-5 months.5-6 months.6-7 months.7-8 months.8-9 months.9-10 months.10-11 months.11-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 63
    TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Infantile Mortality (luring the Year 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death. (see page 55.)Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-2 months.2-3 months.3-4 months.4-5 months.5 6 months.6-7 months.7-8 months.8-9 months.9-10 months.10-11 months.11-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causesof Death (seepage 55.)Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.l-2 months.2-3 months.3-4 months.4-5 months.5-6 months.6-7 months.7-8 months.8-9 months.9-10 months.10-11 months.11-12 months.TotalDeaths under 1 year.
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    The following death rates* are interesting when compared with one another:—
    Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births.
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    TABLE XVII.
    Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population to the middle of 1910.Notifications. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births.
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    TABLE XVIII. The Year 1910.
    Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1910.Persons to an Acre 1910. *BirthsDeathsThe Deaths registered include
    Deaths ofDeaths fromDiarrhœa.Violence.Inquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Infants under One Year of agePersons aged 65 Years and upwards.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.
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    TABLE XIX. The Year 1910.
    BirthsDeaths from all causes.Annual Rate per 1,000 Persons Living.Deaths under One Year to 1,000 Births.Annual Death Rate per 1000 livingPercentage to Total Deaths.
    Principal Zymotic Diseases.Smallpox.|Measles.Deaths fromFever.Diarrhcea.Violence.
    Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.
    Aged 1 to 65 years.Aged 65 years & upwardsInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
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    TABLE XX. Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths, during the statistical year ended 31st December, 1910, excluding non-Parishioners and including deaths in outlying Institutions. POPLAR (SUB-DISTRICT).
    (All ages.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of population.Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths.
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    TABLE XXI. POPLAR (SUB-DISTRICT). List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions, etc., during the statistical year ended 31st December, 1910.
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    TABLE XXII. BROMLEY. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions, etc., during the statistical year ended 31st December, 1910.
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    TABLE XXIII. BOW. List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions, etc., during the statistical year ended 31st December, 1910.
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    TABLE XXIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole Borough.Total Cases notified in each Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages - Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
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    TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Gases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE XXVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Bromley Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE XXVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Gases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    At all Ages.Under 1.At Ages—Years.
    1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    The notification rate per 1000 living being:—
    1894Poplar. 10.6Bromley. 12.9Bow. 16.2Borough of Poplar.
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    Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the parishes of Poplar and Bromley were as follows:—
    Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.
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    POPLAR SUB-DISTRICT.
    No.Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital.Date of Admission.Report from Hospital.Date returned home from Hospital.
    1910.1910.
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    BROMLEY.
    No.Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital.Date of Admission.Report from Hospital.Date returned home from Hospital.
    1910.1910.
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    BOW.
    No.Disease (notified) with which Patient was admitted into Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital.Date of Admission.Report from Hospital.Date returned home from Hospital.
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    The number of cases wrongly notified in Poplar for the years 1899—1910 which were removed to Infectious Diseases Hospitals, have been as follows: —
    Percentage of mistakes in total admissions.
    Poplar. †London.
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    ALPHABETICAL STREET LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    Road, Street on Place.Typhus Fever, Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total.
  • Page 82
    Continued from previous page...
    Road, Street or Place.Typhus Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Road, Street or Place.Typhus Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Road, Street or Place.Typhus Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total 1
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    Continued from previous page...
    Road, Street or Place.Typhus Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Road Street ok Place.Typhus Fever. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Road, Street or Place.Typhus Fever, Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, Anthrax, Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria. |Diphtheritic & Mem. Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Total.
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    The following figures give the number of rooms and articles disinfected:—
    Sub-District, &c.Rooms.Beds.Mattresses and Palliasses.Pillows.Bolsters.Various.Totals.
  • Page 89
    The output of fluid during each month of the year 1910 was as follows:—
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    The fluid was distributed as follows:—
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    The cost of material in manufacturing 50,726 gallons of the electrolytic fluid was as follows :—
    £s.d.
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    Total Cost of Electrolytic Fluid, Corks, Labels and Bottles, 1906—1910 (Five Years).
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Cost of Carbolic Disinfectants, etc. Public Health Department only. For the Years 1903, 1S04, 1905.
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    Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1910, and Expenditure for Half-year ended 30th September, 1910, average Expenditure for the Four Years ended 31st March, 1910, Estimate for Year ended 31st March. 1911, and for Year ending 31st March, 1912.
    Expenditure for Year ended March 31st, 1910.Average Expenditure for 4 years ended 31st March, 1910.Estimate fob Year ended March 31st, 1911.Expenditure, for Half-year ended 30th Sept., 1910.Estimate for Year ending 31st March, 1912.No.
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    Notices were received from the London Port Medical Officer of Health of persons proceeding to the Poplar district from certain ports as follows :—
    Datereceived.Name of Ship.Port.Disease.No. of 'ersons.Condition of Persons.
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    Notices of persons proceeding to the Poplar district from cholera-infected ports were received from the Port of London Medical Officer o: Health as follows:—
    Date received.Ship.No. of Persons.Cholera-infected Port.Report of Sanitary Inspector.
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    During the four weeks ended 10th December notices were received from the Port Sanitary Authorities for London and Liverpool of persons proceeding to addresses in Poplar from cholera and plague-infected ports:
    Received.Ship.From.No. of PersonsResult of Enquiries.
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    The Vaccination Officer, Mr. G. W. Mills, has kindly furnished me with the following statistics, which are copied from those forwarded to the Local Government Board:—
    Births notified.1903. Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
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    1907.
    Births notified.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
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    SCARLET FEVER. The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts, and the deaths which occurred for the past eighteen years were as follows:—
    Cases notifiedPoplar. 627Bromley. 854Bow. 313Borough of Poplar. 1794
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    Notifications. The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
    PoplarBromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Continued from previous page...
    PoplarBromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    POPLAR (Sub-District).
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    Shellfish and Predisposing Causes.
    No. Date. Age. Sex. Address.Remarks.
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    Continued from previous page...
    No.Date. 1910.Age.Sex.Address.Remarks.
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    Respecting the stated causes and predisposing influences, etc., of some of the other cases, they are given below as received from the patients or their friends, viz. :—
    No.Date.Age.Sex.Address.Remarks.
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    Continued from previous page...
    No.Date.Age.Sex.Address.Remarks.
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    Cases notified:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Notifications per 1,000 living :—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    All Ages.
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    3 to 10 years.
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    School-age cases(three to ten years),per 100 cases notified(all ages):-
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total percentage.
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    Deaths. Number of deaths for the past eighteen years was as follows:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.Mortality par 100 cases notified.
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    Table1 Showing Admissions from Diphtheria to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals for the Years 1888-1907, with Mortality Rate in these Hospitals and throughout the Country.
    YearAdmissiosDeathsPercentage Mortality in HospitalAnnual Mortality per 1000 Estimated Population
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    Mortality in New York hefore and after the Introduction of Anti-toxine.
    Year.Cases.Deaths.Mortality per cent.
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    Comparative Mortality in Cases of Diphtheria according to the Pbriod the Disease at which Anti-toxine was Administered. (Results obtained by the Collective Investigation Committee of the American Pediatric Society, 1896.)
    Source.First day.Second day.Third day.Fourth day.Fifth day.
    Cases.Deaths.Per cent. Mor.Cases.Deaths.Per cent. Mor.Cases.Deaths.Per cent. Mor.Cases.Deaths.Per cent. Mor.Cases.Deaths.Per cent. Mor.
  • Page 145
    WHOOPING COUGH. Deaths. Admission of Cases into Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board.
    Deaths.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
  • Page 146
    INFLUENZA. Deaths.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
  • Page 147
    The following figures are the deaths from Measles for the past eighteen years :—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    DIARRŒA* AND ENTERITIS.† Deaths. Deaths from Diarrhœa* for the past eighteen years were as follows:—
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar.London
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    ENTERITIS,† ALL AGES.
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough.
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    DIARRHŒA,* UNDER ONE YEAR.
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough.
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    ENTERITIS,† UNDER ONE YEAR
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough.
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    DIARRHŒA* AND ENTERITIS, UNDER ONE YEAR.
    PoplarBromleyBowBorough.
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    INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1910 were as follows :—
    Sub-DistrictsNumber of Inquests held in the Sub-DistrictsDeduct In-quests held on non-parishionersAdd Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districtsTotal Inquests belonging to each Sub-DistrictVerdict from ViolenceVerdict from Natural Causes
  • Page 155
    For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XVIII and XIX, page 67
    Violent deaths which actu-ally occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows : —Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar, Bromley and Bow belonging thereto
    PoplarBromleyBowPoplarBromleyBow
  • Page 156
    The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuaries classified according to the ages of the deceased :—
    TotalNo age statedStill-bornUnder 11 to; 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards
  • Page 162
    The notification of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—
    Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas. .Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Total.
  • Page 163
    Grosvenob, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.
    Causes of Death. (See page 55.)Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public! Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.1 5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse. 1Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 166
    A list of applications was received for licenses in respect of Seamen's Lodging Houses in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, to be considered by the Public Health Committee of the London County Council, as th( licensing authority, at a special meeting to be held at the Clerkenwel Sessions House, on 28th November, 1910, commencing at 2.30 o'clocl p.m., there being, for the Borough of Poplar, eleven applications fo renewal of licenses and three for new licenses.
    No.Address of Premises.Lodgers.Keeper.
  • Page 166
    CANAL BOATS. For the year ended 3l9t December, 1910, the inspections and reports of the Inspectors respecting registered canal boats and non-registerec canal boats were as follow
    Registered.Non-Jegistered
  • Page 171
    TABLE A. Table giving number of, and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, Places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughter-houses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, Registered Houses Let in Lodgings, and Homeworkers' premises.
    Premises.On Register at end of year 1910.Number of Inspections.Number of Intimations.Number of Notices.Number of ; Final Notices.Number of Prosecutions.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 172
    TABLE B. Workshops on Eegisteb (Male), 1910.
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    TABLE C.* See remarks in italics, page 167.Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers. I.—INSPECTION.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.—DEFECTS FOUND. *
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H M. Inspector.
    (i)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE D. Home Work.
    Nature of Work.Outworkers' List, Section 107.Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises.Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108.*Outwork in infected premises,* Sections 109, 110.
    Lists received from Employers.dumber of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils.Number of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils.Prosecutions.
    Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.†Orders made (S. 110).Prosecutions. (Sections 109, 110)
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Lists.Outworkers.Lilts.Outworkers.
    ContractorsWork-men.ContractorsWork-i men.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)
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    LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT 1901 (S. 107)
    Class of Homework.1910. Number of Lists received.Number of Addresses of Outworkers.
    Due Feb 1st.Due Aug. 1st.Forwarded to other Authorities.Received from other Authorities,
    No. of Lists.No. of Outworkers.No. ol Lists.No. of Outworkers.Due Due Feb. 1. Aug. 1.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.
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    TABLE E. Registeked Wobkshops and Wokkplaces.
    Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1)Number. (2)
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    TABLE F. Other Matters.
    Class.Number
    12
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    The results of the analyses of 370 samples were reported to the ommittee during the year 1910, the samples being as follows:—
    Sample.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
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    The following table shows the percentage of all adulterated samples found in the several years named:—
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    Lkgal Proceedings.
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    Sample Procured (date). 1910.Adulteration, See.Summons heard, (date) 1910.Costs.Penalty.
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    As more adulterated samples and samples under a different name are mentioned in the Analyst's Report, the following remarks will explain the apparent discrepancies and state the reasons why legal proceedings were not instituted, viz.:—
    Sample procured (date).Nature of Sample and Adulteration, Ac.Action taken.
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    The following is the number of premises in each Sub-District of the Borough registered under the above-mentioned Acts, up to and including 31st December, 1910, viz.: —
    Margarine.Butter.
    Sub-District.Wholesale Dealer.Manufacturer.Factory.Wholesale Dealer in Milk-blended.
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    List ok Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1910, to December 31st, 1910.*
    Poplar South. Mr. Road.Westcombined. Mr. JohnsonEastcombined. Mr. Bullock.Bromley Central. Mr. Miners.Bromley North. Mr. Langley.Bow East. Mr. Field.Bow West. Mr. Boyce.Total.
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    Police Court Proceedings.
    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, Ac.Nature of Complaint.Date of Attendance at Police Court.Result.Name of Officer.
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    Police Ccubt Proceedings—Continued.
    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, Ac.Nature of Complaint.Date of Attendance at Police Court.Result.Name of Officer.
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    The following have also received constant attention throughout the year:—
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    Particulars of samples containing preservatives :—
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    Comprises an area of about 349 acres.
    Total number of Dwelling Houses.Total number of Dwelling Houses.
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    Result of Summonses under Food and Drugs Act.
    Name.Article.Complaint.Pined.Costs.
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    Public Health London Act, 1891. Prosecutions.
    Complaint.Premises.Costs.
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    Periodical inspections were made of the following premises, and notices served as under:—
    No. ofIntimations and Notices.Now Unoccupied.
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    Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended December 31st, 1910:—
    Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c., Number of on the RegisterPoplar.Bromley. Bow.Total.
    5610291249
    Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein89158144391
    „ Number of Inspections of ..87147155389
    ,, Number of Re-inspections of245851133
    „ found to be overcrowded1124
    „ &c., newly discovered and registered10141943
    „ Workrooms therein measured10262056
    „ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery6121533
    Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed2196527381609
    Written Intimations issued6141838
    Statutory Notices19919
    Final Notices..1..1
    Works carried out under supervision:—
    (a) Additional means of ventilation provided2——2
    (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed10151439
    (c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired—1—1
    (d) Sanitary Conveniences constructed——11
    Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspec tions:—
    (e) Miscellaneous17311
    Overcrowding of Workrooms, cases of, abated1124
    Visits re Scabies564525126
    „ Phthisis135321
    ,, Outworkers' Lists373348118
    „ Complaint of School Nurse18619749432
    ,, Inspection of Schools1514736
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    In order to discover many of the cases dealt with, inspections were made during the early hours of the morning and the late hours at night. The following streets are where overcrowding took place:—
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    Inspection and Cleansing. At houses in the following streets and roads a large amount of cleansing and repairing, under the Bye-laws, was carried out:—
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    Tabulated Statement for the Year ended December 31st, 1910.
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