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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Stillborn (Stillbirths per 1 ,000 births, 30.6) | 88 | |
| Died before visit | 58 | |
| Not requiring or desiring visits | 64 | |
| 210 | ||
| Visited | 2,791 | |
| Removed within the year | 367 | |
| Died during visitation | 139 | |
| 506 | ||
| Remaining under supervision end of first year | 2,285 | |
| Mortality per 1,000 visited | 49.8 |
The 2,285 children visited during 1932 and remaining under supervision
at the end of their first year of life, were fed during the first six
months of life as follows:—
Breast-fed 73.9 percent.
Mixed feeding 19.1 ,,
Hand-fed 7.0 ,,
The 139 children who died during the first year of life, were fed
during the first six months of life as follows:—
Breast-fed 45.3 per cent.
Mixed feeding 31.7 ,,
Hand-fed 23.0 ,,
Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates per 1,000 visited
of children fed by the various methods:—
(a) Babies breast-fed 36
(b) ,, who received mixed food (breast and hand) 92
(c) ,, hand-fed 167
Stillbirths.
(This refers to the whole Borough.)
82 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1932.
Number of Stillbirths 82
Doctors in attendance 14
Midwives in attendance 20
Delivered in Institutions 45
B.B.A 3