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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDIAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE
SOUTH DISTRICT,
Comprising the Parishes of All Saints, Poplar, and
Bromley Saint Leonard.
To the Chairman and Members of the Board of Works for the
Poplar District.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of placing before you my fourth Annual
Report, which includes the annual reports of the Sanitary Inspectors
for the parishes of Poplar and Bromley, and the report of the Inspector
of Nuisances in Manufactories and Workshops. This report, in accordance
with the regulations of the Local Government Board, deals with
the year 1896, which year, for registration purposes, covers a period
of 53 weeks, and ended on the 2nd January, 1897.
VITAL STATISTICS.
In my report for the year 1895, the population estimated to the
middle of that year for the parishes of Poplar and Bromley, and calculated
in the manner as stated on the second page of that report, was
found to be 57,508 and 72,658 respectively. The quinquennial census