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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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139
STILLBIRTHS.
(This refers to the whole Borough.)
103 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1930.
Number of Stillbirths 103
Doctors in attendance 24
Midwives in attendance 27
Delivered in Institutions 47
B.B.A 5
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Forty-two cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during
the year:—
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hospital. | ||||||
| 1914 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 73 | - | - | 2 |
| 1915 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1916 | 60 | 60 | — | 60 | - | — | — |
| 1917 | 39 1 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1918 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 1 | — | - |
| 1919 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 60 | 1 | — | — |
| 1920 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 59 | - | — | 2 |
| 1921 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1922 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1923 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 35 | — | — | 3 |
| 1924 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 42 | — | — | 2 |
| 1926 | 43 | 35 | 8» | 42 | — | _ | 1 |
| 1927 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 48 | — | _ | — |
| 1928 | 59 | 26 | 11 | 58 | — | _ | 1 |
| 1929 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 56 | - | - | - |
| 1930 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — |
| Total | 859 | 744 | 92 | 834 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
** 1 born in Institution—not visited, no information available.
* Including 3 which occurred in Institution.