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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Errors in Diagnosis.
See pages 74-77 as to cases of diphtheria admitted into Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals which were certified as not having the
complaint.
No deductions have been made in respect of these patients.
Condition of House Drainage.
The cases in Poplar were notified from 76 premises, the cases in
Bromley from 105 premises, and the cases in Bow from 88 premises,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 7 instances
—four Poplar, two Bromley, and one Bow.
Isolation.
80 cases in Poplar, 102 in Bromley, and 95 in Bow were removed to
various hospitals for treatment as follows:—
Poplar (Sub-District).
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 74 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 4 |
| Sick Asylum | 2 |
| 80 |
Bromley.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 99 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| Queen's Hospital | 1 |
| Sick Asylum | 1 |
| 102 |
Bow.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 95 |