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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 1917

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

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104
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the Council Buildings
contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35.

Table: The notifici.tion of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows :—

The notifici.tion of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows :—

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Zynotic EnteriesChicken pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Erysipelas.Zy i o ie i'Jnt1 ritis.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Total,
Grosvenor Buildings2813...78.....................78............15
Council Buildings21......1........................1............1
Hanbury Buildings02...................................................

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Thirty-six cases of Measles came to the notice of the Public Health
Department in connection with Grosvenor Buildings, 0 Hanbury
Buildings, and two in Council Buildings.

Table: The deaths were as follows :—

The deaths were as follows :—

Residents.Outlying.
Grosvenor Buildings1213
Council Buildings00
Hanbury Buildings10
1313