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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 1913

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

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Table: Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuary. The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the ages of the deceased:—

Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuary. The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the ages of the deceased:—

No age stated2
Stillborn1
Under 170
1 to 531
5 to 1525
15 to 2516
25 to 65194
65 and upward98
Total437

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MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the Council Buildings
contain 50, and Hanburv Buildings 35.

Table: The notification of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—

The notification of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows:—

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhoid Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Total.
Grosvenor Buildings4...21......1...21...3
Council Buildings3...3...............1.........1
Hanbury Buildings.......................................

Table: Seven cases of Measles came to the notice of the Public Health Department in connection with Grosvenor Buildings. The deaths were as follows:—

Seven cases of Measles came to the notice of the Public Health Department in connection with Grosvenor Buildings. The deaths were as follows:—

Residents.Outlying.
Grosvenor Buildings2614
Council Buildings32
Hanbury Buildings20
3116