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Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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Table: TABLE XII.(B) Table of Population Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar (POPLAR), classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE XII.

(B) Table of Population Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar (POPLAR), classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Knowledge of the MedicalLocality, coming to the Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)123456789101112123456789101112
Poplar56,31757,8291953Under 5382438...7............71502159........................29
5 upwds.51841152...76......1...10248555616......23...............100
Poplar Union Wokhouse......78Under 5...31*........................4...3...........................3
5 upwds....41......2†.........815...41......1...............6
Scandinavian Home.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwds....1........................12...1...........................1
Totals5631757,8292031Under 5385448...7............71542219........................32
5 upwds.5189116278......1...11150256117......24...............107

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"Notification of Infectious Disease " has been compulsory in the District since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metopolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally for Typhoid Fever cases, the General Metropolitan Hospitals, see page 27.
* Removed to Sick Asylum. † One case removed to Sick Asylum.

Table: TABLE XIII(B)Table of Population, Births,and ofNew Cases ofInfectious Sicknesscoming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1896,in the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofPoplar(BROMLEY),classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE XIII

(B)Table of Population, Births,and ofNew Cases ofInfectious Sicknesscoming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1896,in the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofPoplar(BROMLEY),classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Knowledge of the MedicalLocality, coming to the Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)123456789101112123456789101112
Bromley70,00269,8032585Under 5...1421185...71......13286...4934......1...............84
5 upwds....2792303...6053...81661...116601...35...............212
Sick Asylum......5Under 5........................................................................
5 upwds....5........................49...5...........................5
City of London Union Infirmary.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwds................1...............1....................................
Stepney Union Workhouse......25Under 5........................................................................
5 upwds...............................44....................................
Poplar Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwds....3...........................3...3*...........................3
Totals70,00269,8032615Under 5...1421185...71.........13286...4934......1...............84
5 upwds....2872303...615...3...89678...124601...35...............220

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"Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally for Typhoid Fever cases the General Metropolitan Hospitals, see page 27.
* London Fever Hospital.