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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Poor Law Institutions without Borough from which
Notifications were Received.
Brook Hospital (M.A.B.)
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey.
Darenth Asylum Dartford, Kent.
Dunton (Poplar Branch Workhouse) near Brentwood, Essex.
Eastern Hospital (M.A.B.)
Faversham Union, Kent.
Forest Gate Branch Workhouse.
Hackney Union Infirmary.
Holborn Union Infirmary.
Laindon Farm Colony, Essex.
" Millfield," Rustington, near Worthing, Sussex.
Mile End Infirmary.
St. Marylebone Infirmary.
Southwark Union (St. Georges).
The Actual Number of Poor Persons on Register during the Years 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912, under "the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908."
| 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 165 | 139 | 172 | 200 |
| Bromley | 150 | 160 | 220 | 278 |
| Bow | 111 | 140 | 158 | 191 |
| Borough | 426 | 439 | 550 | 669 |
It will be seen below that 154 deaths occurred among poor persons
during the year, therefore 515 poor persons are on the register at the
beginning of the year 1913.
Deaths. There were 154 deaths of poor persons during the year—Poplar, 54; Bromley, 52 ; Bow, 48.
| 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 38 | 45 | 48 | 54 |
| Bromley | 32 | 42 | 32 | 52 |
| Bow | 26 | 38 | 32 | 48 |
| Borough | 96 | 125 | 112 | 154 |