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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the
NORTH DISTRICT,
Comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow.
To the Chairman and Members of the Poplar District
Board of Works.
Gentlemen,—
As the Medical Officer of Health for the North or Bow District
of the area within the jurisdiction of your Board, I have the honour
to submit to you my 22nd Annua! Report, together with the Annual
Reports of the Sanitary Inspectors of the parish of Bow, and the
Annual Report of the Inspector of Nuisances in Factories and
Workshops, so far as it relates to my District. Appended are the
Statistical Tables of mortality from all causes and of the cases of
notifiable disease occurring in Bow, as required by the regulations of
the Local Government Board. I have also prepared various charts
and tables with a view of completely explaining the sanitary position
of the District and of defining the condition of its public health.
The period reviewed by this Report is for the twelve months ending
the 31st of December, 1896.
As a matter of fact the compulsory annual return required from
medical officers of health consists solely of the official tables, and