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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 V.
| Date of report. | No. of weeks covered. | Bow annual death-rat | London annual e. death-rate. | Annual rate of notification | Bow annual zymotic in. death-rate. | No. of notification. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2 | 5 weeks | 18.1 | 17.6 | 28 | 4.9 | 113 |
| Jan. 23 | 3 weeks | 19.8 | 19.1 | 17.5 | 2.4 | 43 |
| Feb. 27 | 5 weeks | 25.1 | 19.4 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 55 |
| Mar. 26 | 4 weeks | 22.4 | 20.3 | 12.0 | 4.9 | 39 |
| April 23 | 4 weeks | 18.4 | 18.8 | 11.3 | 4.3 | 37 |
| May 21 | 4 weeks | 24.9 | 18.3 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 50 |
| June 19 | 5 weeks | 16.2 | 16.9 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 42 |
| July 16 | 3 weeks | 16.8 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 3.2 | 34 |
| Aug. 22 | 6 weeks | 27.9 | 21.5 | 12.9 | 5.7 | 63 |
| Sept. 24 | 4 weeks | 13.5 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 0.9 | 49 |
| Oct. 22 | 4 weeks | 17.5 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 44 |
| Nov. 26 | 5 weeks | 15.5 | 19.4 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 43 |
| Dec. 17 | 3 weeks | 23.4 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 2.3 | 28 |
| Date of report. | No. of weeks covered. | London annual zymotic rate. | No. of deaths in Bow from zymotic diseases. | |||
| Jan. 2 | 5 weeks | 2.9 | 20 | |||
| Jan. 23 | 3 weeks | 2.9 | 6 | |||
| Feb. 27 | 5 weeks | 2.4 | 25 | |||
| Mar. 26 | 4 weeks | 2.9 | 16 | |||
| April 23 | 4 weeks | 3.8 | 14 | |||
| May 21 | 4 weeks | 2.9 | 37 | |||
| June 19 | 5 weeks | 3.7 | 13 | |||
| July 16 | 3 weeks | 3.2 | 8 | |||
| Aug. 22 | 6 weeks | 5.9 | 28 | |||
| Sept. 24 | 4 weeks | 5.2 | 3 | |||
| Oct. 22 | 4 weeks | 2.2 | 4 | |||
| Nov. 26 | 5 weeks | 1.8 | 3 | |||
| Dec. 17 | 3 weeks | 1.5 | 5 | |||
The figures in the above table are taken from the monthly reports
of the Sanitary Committee, and they serve to show the periodical rise
and fall of the death rate and the zymotic death rate in Bow, which
are at the same time compared with those for inner London. The