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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 1915

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

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MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the Council Buildings
contain. 50, and Hanbury 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.
Zymotic Enteritis.Chicken pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Erysipelas.Zymotic Knteritis.iSmall-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.ErysipelasTotaL
Grosvenor Buildings3422244...1......11†...44*............9
Council Buildings.........................................................
Hanbury Buildings42.........1......1...............1.........1

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Sixteen cases of Measles came to the notice of the Public Health
Department in connection with Grosvenor Buildings, five Hanbury
Buildings, and not in any Council Buildings.

Table: The deaths were as follows:—

The deaths were as follows:—

Residents.Outlying.
Grosvenor Buildings1620
Council Buildings41
Hanbury Buildings24
2225

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*One case removed to Poplar Hospital (lied from measles and the original notification
was withdrawn.
†One case treated in Poplar Hospital.