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Poplar 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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62 cases in the Borough were notified from 44 houses, and the drains were
defective in 3 instances.
Isolation.
Eleven cases in Poplar, twenty-nine in Bromley, and fifteen in Bow
were removed to various hospitals, as follows:—
POPLAR (Sub-District).
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 4 |
| Sick Asylum | 5 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 1 |
| 11 | |
| BROMLEY. | |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 14 |
| London Hospital | 8 |
| Sick Asylum | 6 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 1 |
| 29 | |
| BOW. | |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 10 |
| Sick Asylum | 3 |
| London Hospital | 2 |
| 15 |
Shellfish and Predisposing Causes.
| No. Date. Age. Sex. Address. | Remarks. |
|---|---|
| 1910. | |
| 1 11th Jan. 5 years Male Thomas Street | Contact with other cases in house on the 14th and 23rd December, 1909, respectively, who had contracted the disease through eating mussels. |