[Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics].

  • Poplar (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
[1894?]
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    pop 57 ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the SOUTH DISTRICT, Comprising the Parishes of All Saints Poplar, and Bromley Saint Leonard. To the Chairman and Members o/ the Board of Works for the Poplar District. Gentlemen, I had the honour to be elected Medical Officer of Health for the parishes of Poplar and Bromley on the 21st of March, 1893, and the appointment was sanctioned by the Local Government Board on the 30th day of the same month. This Report dates from and includes the 2nd of April, and comprises the last three quarters of the year 1893. The vital statistics of the Poplar parish for the first quarter of the year ending April 1st have been dealt with by my pre decessor, Dr. Corner, his tables are appended to this Report, and his commentary as to the sanitary condition of the District for the like time has already appeared in his last Annual Report, 1892 to 1893. My colleague, Dr. Talbot, deals with the vital statistics of the Bromley parish for the same quarter, because he acted during that period as Medical Officer thereof. RE-ARRANGEMENT OF DISTRICT AND RE-ORGANISATION OF SANITARY DEPARTMENT. The first duty I was called upon to perform was to consider the re-arrangement of the divisions of the district, and the re organisation of the work of the Sanitary Department. The Board, acting on my report to the Sanitary Committee, resolved to divide Poplar into two sub-districts, viz., South Poplar, con¬ F