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Poplar 1930

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

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Table: 6. Maternity Homes and Hospitals:—I.

6. Maternity Homes and Hospitals:—I.

Separate maternity institutions provided by the Council.Institutions (with maternity wards) transferred to the Council under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1929.Institutions provided by Voluntary Associations.
Number of InstitutionsSt. Andrew's Hospital, Devons Road, Bow, E.3 1 ward.Arrangements made with late Guardians, now L.C.C.NilNil
Number of maternity beds12NilNil
Total number of women admitted to these beds during the year74NilNil

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II.
Number of women (if any) sent by the Council during the year to other Maternity
Institutions—Nil.

Table: 7. Homes and Hospitals for Sick or Ailing Children under 5 years of age:—I.

7. Homes and Hospitals for Sick or Ailing Children under 5 years of age:—I.

Separate institutions provided by the Council for these cases.Institutions (with accommodation for these cases) transferred to the Council under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1929.Institutions provided by Voluntary Associations.
Number of Institutions1Nil1
Number of beds provided for such children11Nil12(5 for Observation Ward, 6 for Tonsillectomy .
Total number of "women admitted to these beds during the year * NilChildren remaining, 31.12.29, 10; admitted, 1930, 50; in addition, 2 of these children were re-admittedNil12550 for Observation Ward, 75 for Tonsillectomy.

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II.
Number of such children (if any) sent by the Council during the year to other
Institutions—is il.