[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 118

Poplar 1912

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

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Table: 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. :—

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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.
1	1912. Jan 1st	7 years	Female	St. Leonard's Road	First case. Died 16th Jan., 1912.
2	Jan. 2nd	47 years	Male	St. Leonard's Road	Father of above. Worked at Gas Works.
3	Jan. 4th	41 years	Female	St. Leonard's Road	Mother of first patient.
4	Jan. 4th	16 years	Male	St. Leonard's Road	Brother of first patient. Worked at Gas Works.
5	Jan. 21st	15 years	Male	High Street, Bromley	Subsequently notified from the M.A.B. to be suffering with Pulmonary Tuberculosis as well.
6	Jan. 21st	24 years	Female	Sick Asylum	Nurse (staff).
7	Jan. 17th	39 years	Female	Rippoth Road	No history.
8	Feb. 15th	38 years	Female	Donald Street	No history.
9	Mar. 26th	27 years	Male	Chapelhouse Street	Also suffering with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Walls and ceilings dirty. Sink wastepipe not trapped. w.c. foul and badly ventilated.
10	June 11th	44 years	Female	Wade Street	Attributed to smells from new sewer in course of construction.
11	June 13th	58 years	Male	St. Leonard's Avenue	Had been under medical treatment for some time with a bad leg.
12	July 10th	29years	Female	Barchester Street	No history. Improper soil pan. No water for flushing. Fittings out of order. Died 13th July, 1912.
13	July 8th	10 years	Male	Byng Street	Had been eating faggots, sausages and pease pudding.
14	July 8th	13 years	Female	Byng Street	Had been eating faggots, sausages and pease pudding.
15	July 16th	17 years	Female	Monier Road	No history.
16	July 30th	15 years	Male	Seyssell Street	Had been bathing in the River Thames. Died 7th August, 1912.
17	Aug. 2nd	10 years	Male	Usher Road	No history.
18	Aug. 22nd	39 years	Female	Grosvenor Buildings	No history. Died 23rd Aug., 1912.
19	Aug. 26th	15 years	Male	Manilla Street	Had been bathing in the River Thames off West India Dock Pier.
20	Sept. 9th	17 years	Male	Ranwell Street	No history. W.c. pan foul. Roof defective, dampness.
21	Sept. 24th	17 years	Male	Stebondale Street	No history.
22	Sept. 28th	25 years	Male	Garford Street	Seafaring man. No history.