Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
In the year 1894 the actual number of inhabitants of Grosvenor
Buildings was ascertained to be 1764 persons in 512 tenements.
This year, at the time of my enquiry, 535 tenements were occupied
out of a total of 542.
The County Council Buildings contain 50 tenements, and at the
end of the year all these were occupied. In 1895 there were 175
inhabitants (93 adults and 82 children) in 48 tenements.
Hanbury Buildings contain 35 two-roomed tenements, of which
33 were occupied at the end of the year with 140 inhabitants.
The notifications of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows :—
Aged under 5 or over 5. | Notifications. | Removals. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | ||
Grosvenor Buildings | Under 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |
5 upwds. | ... | 9 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | |
Council ,, | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Hanbury ,, | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
The deaths were as follows :—
Residents. | Outlying. | |
---|---|---|
Grosvenor Buildings ... | 39 | 5 |
Council „ | i | o |
Hanbury „ | i | 2 |
4i | 7 |