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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Drainage of Premises.
The cases in Poplar were notified from 5 premises, the cases in
Bromley from 6 premises, and the cases in Bow were notified from 1
premises; in no instances were house drains found defective, the smoke
test being used. So that the cases in the Borough were notified from
12 houses, and the drains were defective in no instance.
Isolation.
Ten cases in Poplar, six in Bromley and one in Bow were removed
to various hospitals, as follows:—
POPLAR ( Sub-District).
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 8 |
|---|---|
| Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich | 1 |
| Sick Asylum | 1 |
| 10 | |
| BROMLEY. | |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 4 |
| Sick Asylum | 2 |
| 6 | |
| BOW | |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital | 1 |
Shellfish* and Predisposing Causes.
One case of Typhoid Fever was stated by the patient or his friends
to be due to eating shellfish, as follows:—
No.
Date.
1915.
Age. Sex. Address. Remarks.
21st June 35 M. Hanbury Buildings A stoker at the City of London
Electric Light Works, Southward
Had partaken of
whelks about two weeks
previously, source unknown,
too ill to get any further
particulars.