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Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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Table: Table of Population, Births, and ofNew Cases of Infectious Sickness,coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year1896,in the BOW Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofPoplar; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Table of Population, Births, and ofNew Cases of Infectious Sickness,coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year1896,in the BOW Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofPoplar; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shewn as separate localities.Parish of Bow.Total.
Population at all Ages—
Census 189140,37840,378
Estimated to middle of 189641,74741,747
Registered Births1,3551,355

Table: New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.

New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.

Diseases.Parish of Bow.Grove Hall Asylum.Harley House.Totals.
un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov, 5un. 5ov 5un. 5ov. 5
Smallpox...1...............1
Scarlatina77166............77166
Diphtheria5996............5996
Membranous Croup74............74
Fevers.Typhus........................
Enteric or Typhoid726............126
Continued...2...............2
Relapsing........................
Puerperal...4...............4
Cholera........................
Erysipelas1189............1189

Table: Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.

Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.

Diseases.Parish of Bow.Grove Hall Asylum.Harley House.Totals.
un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5
Smallpox........................
Scarlatina1569............1569
Diphtheria1219............1219
Membranous Croup1...............1...
Fevers.Typhus..................
Enteric or Typhoid213............213
Continued........................
Relapsing........................
Puerperal...1...............1
Cholera........................
Erysipelas110............110