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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Of the 51 cases of Zymotic Enteritis under 1 year of age which were
notified, 9 died. All hand-fed. The remaining 42 were fed as follows:—
Breast-fed, 25; mixed feeding, 6; hand-fed, 11. 5 children under
1 year of age died before notifications were received, and of this number
all were hand-fed.
HOME NURSING.
By arrangement with the Nursing Associations nursing is provided
(with the consent of the practitioner attending a patient) and paid for by
the Council at the rate of 1s. 3d. per visit, in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, Zymotic Enteritis,
Pemphigus, Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
The following is a summary of visits paid by Nurses during 1930:—
(This table refers to the whole Borough.)
| E.L.N.S. | St. John Divine. | St. Mildred's District Nurse. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | |||||
| Oph. Neon. | Cases | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | - |
| Visits | 228 | 78 | 25 | — | 331 | |
| Measles | Cases Under 5 | 29 | 45 | _ | 74 | — |
| 5-10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Visits Under 5 | 421 | 640 | 1061 | |||
| 5-10 | 127 | 156 | 7 | — | 290 | |
| Pneumonia | Cases Under 5 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 46 | — |
| 5-10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | ||
| Visits Under 5 | 358 | 370 | 21 | _ | 749 | |
| 5-10 | 84 | 71 | — | — | 155 | |
| Pemphigus | Cases | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Visits | 35 | — | — | — | 35 | |
| Whooping-Cough | Cases under 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Visits under 5 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Cases | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Visits | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | |
| Totals | Cases | 73 | 88 | 5 | 166 | — |
| Visits | 1260 | 1319 | 35 | 2632 | ||