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Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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WHOOPING COUGH.
Fifty-seven deaths were registered in Poplar from whooping cough,
and they all occurred in children under five years of age. In Bromley
65 deaths were registered: four of these did not belong to the
parish, and one death was notified from an outlying institution. So
that 62 deaths from whooping cough must be credited to Bromley,
61 of which were of children under five years. For death rates see

Table: Table IV. page 14. The following figures give the number of deaths which occurred in the past four years :—

Table IV. page 14. The following figures give the number of deaths which occurred in the past four years :—

1893.1894.1895-1896.
Poplar24163157
Bromley32322962
Totals564860119

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MEASLES.
Forty-seven deaths from measles happened in Poplar and two
deaths in outlying institutions, making a total of 49 deaths, 46 of
which were in children under five years. In Bromley 42 deaths were
registered, 11 of these deaths occurring in the Sick Asylum, all of
children under five years : but as 10 of these children did not belong
to the parish, 32 represents the number of deaths from measles

Table: For death rates see Table IV. page 14. Deaths from measles were as follows during the past four years:—

For death rates see Table IV. page 14. Deaths from measles were as follows during the past four years:—

1893.1894.1895.1896.
Poplar12588249
Bromley209510532
Totals3215318781

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A large number of children at one time of the year were away from
the " Cubitt Town " Board School with measles, but there was no need