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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The Council supplied dentures to two mothers who, on account of
their economic position, were unable to meet the whole cost.
The cases were strongly recommended by Clinic Medical Officers.
| All births, including those occurring in outlying districts, but belonging to the Borough | 2,724 | |
| Doctors in attendance | 317 | |
| Midwives in attendance | 1,010 | |
| Delivered in institutions | 1,359 | |
| Not stated | 38 | |
| Moved into Borough | 108 | |
| 2,832 | ||
| Stillborn (Stillbirths per 1,000 births, 29.2) | 82 | |
| Died before visit | 61 | |
| Not requiring or desiring visits | 57 | |
| 200 | ||
| Visited | 2,632 | |
| Removed within the year | 367 | |
| Died during visitation | 74 | |
| 441 | ||
| Remaining under supervision end of first year | ||
| Mortality per 1,000 visited | 28.1 | |
| The 2,191 children visited during 1933 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 | 72.8 per cent. | |
| Mixed feeding | 20.2 ,, | |
| Hand-fed | 7.0 „ | |
| The 74 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:— | ||
| Breast-fed | 28.4 per cent. | |
| Mixed feeding | 27.0 ,, | |
| Hand-fed | 44.6 ,, | |