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Poplar 1910

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

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Table: Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the parishes of Poplar and Bromley were as follows:—

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.
Poplar Union Workhouse6..........6..........4*
Sick Asylum2....1....†1....1••..†1
Sick Asylum, Blackwall..........................
Stepney Union Workhouse..........................
Children's Receiving Home, 54, East India Dock Road1..1..........1........
Poplar Hospital1..¶1..........†1........

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Of the 324 patients notified in Poplar, 230 were removed to hospitals
and institutions; of the 427 in Bromley 316 were isolated, and of the 183
in Bow 136 were removed, so that of a total of 934 notifiable diseases
in the Borough 682 patients had been removed from their homes.*
Errors in Diagnosis.
In giving the above numbers of notifications, no deductions have
been made for the following cases, which it will be seen developed other
diseases either shortly after admission or after being in the hospital soma
time, whilst the list also shows that some patients removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals, after being detained in those institutions
some days, were returned home certified as not suffering from the
complaint or any other notifiable disease.
• See Tables xxiv.-xxvii., pages 72 and 73.