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Condition of House Drainage.
The 92 cases in Poplar were notified from 87 premises, the 110 cases
in Bromley from 79 premises, and the 143 cases in Bow from 126 premises,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 18 instances
—seven Poplar, three Bromley, and eight Bow.
Isolation.
72 cases in Poplar (sub-district), 90 in Bromley, and 127 in Bow were
removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Five patients
from Poplar (sub-district) were treated in the East London Hospital for
Children, one in the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, and one in
the Poplar Hospital; one patient from Bromley was treated in the London
Hospital, three were treated in the East London Hospital for Children,
and one in the Poplar Hospital; and one patient from Bow was
treated in the London Hospital. So that 302 patients out of 345 notified
cases in the Borough were isolated.
The Diphtheria Anti-Toxin (London) Order, 1910.
Four thousand units of diphtheria anti-toxin were supplied during the
year.