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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 1914

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

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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.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.ErysipelasTotal.
Grosvenor Buildings15...33...111623*......1†...6
Council Buildings...................................................
Hanbury Buildings.....................1...........................
* London Hospital. †London Hospital.

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Fourteen cases of Measles came to the notice of the Public Health
Department in connection with Grosvenor Buildings, one Hanburv
Buildings, and one Council Buildings.
The deaths were as follows:— Residents. Outlying.
Grosvenor Buildings 18 9
Council Buildings 2 0
Hanbury Buildings 1 2
21 11
MORTUARY.
Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuary,
Cottage Street.
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 stated 5
Stillborn 4
Under l 78
1 to 5 33
5 to 15 27
15 to 25 16
25 to 65 191
65 and upward 83
Total 437
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the Council Buildings
contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35.