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Poplar 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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126
Section VII.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Maternity and Child Welfare work is divided between the
Borough Council and the Royal College of St. Katharine, the Borough
Council taking the areas north of Bow Road and south of East India
Dock Road; the Royal College of St. Katharine being responsible for
the intermediate area, except for a small area in the vicinity of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre in Wellington Road.

Table: The number of attendances at the Centres since their opening in 1920 is shown below:—

The number of attendances at the Centres since their opening in 1920 is shown below:—

Borough Council.Royal College.
192014,49013,147
192115,7io9,856
192217,4048,992
192324,05811,718
192427,13713,598
192531,54017,809
192635,08420,473
192736,11023,588
192841,42027,653
192938,50428,250
193040,92432,173

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In table facing this page will be found a list of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres in the Borough, together with the days and hours
of clinics and the accommodation available at each centre.
There has been one additional Clinic (Post-natal) commenced this
year.