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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 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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Table: July to December, 1896.

July to December, 1896.

Births. ( Notified.)Dead.Vaccinations.Insusceptible.
Poplar10432144851
Bromley1215964950

Table: SCARLET FEVER.There was a slight increase in the total number of scarlet fever cases notified, but the total deaths registered were lower when compared with those for the preceding three years.

SCARLET FEVER.

There was a slight increase in the total number of scarlet fever cases notified, but the total deaths registered were lower when compared with those for the preceding three years.

1893.1894.1895.1896.
Cases notified.Deaths.Cases notified.Deaths.Cases notified.Deaths.Cases notified.Deaths.
Poplar6273923912343202748
Bromley85448331223301942919
14818757°34673397°327

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One of the scarlet fever cases notified and removed to the hospital
was returned, the patient having been found to be suffering from
measles. Seven cases occurred in the Poplar Union Workhouse,
five in the Sick Asylum, and one in the Scandinavian Sailors' Home;
all these cases were removed. The three cases which happened at
the Poplar Hospital were those of nurses, and they were removed to
the London Fever Hospital Eighty-two cases were removed to
the Asylums Boards' Hospitals from Poplar, and 170 cases from
Bromley.
CONTINUED AND TYPHOID FEVERS.
Six cases of continued fever were notified in Bromley, and no case
in Poplar. No deaths occurred from this disease.

Table: The typhoid fever cases were—

The typhoid fever cases were—

1893.1894.1895.1896.
Poplar80725685
Bromley218848068
298156136153