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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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63 cases in the Borough were notified from 55 houses, and the drains were
defective in 2 instances.
Isolation.
Twenty-three cases in Poplar, eighteen in Bromley, and seventeen
in Bow were removed to various hospitals, as follows:—
POPLAR (Sub-District).
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 9 |
| Sick Asylum | 5 |
| London Hospital | 3 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 4 |
| Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
| 23 |
BROMLEY.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 7 |
| London Hospital | 2 |
| Sick Asylum | 9 |
| 18 |
BOW.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 10 |
| Sick Asylum | 4 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| Queen's Hospital | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
| 17 |
Shellfish and Predisposing Causes.
Six cases of Typhoid Fever were stated by the patients or their friends to be due to eating shellfish, as follow: —
| No. | Date. 1911. | Age. | Sex. | Address. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 13th | 21 years | Female | Malabar Street | Had eaten winkles. |
| 2 | Sept. 13th | 23 years | Male | Aberfeldy Street | Had eaten cockles at Southend. |