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Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates per 1,000 visited
of children fed by the various methods:—
(a) Babies breast-fed 12
(b) ,, who received mixed food (breast and hand) 67
(c) ,, hand-fed 219
Stillbirths.
(This refers to the whole Borough.)
81 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1934.
Number of Stillbirths 81
Doctors in attendance 10
Midwives in attendance 15
Delivered in Institutions53
B.B.A 3 (Doctors 2, Midwives 1.)
Two other stillbirths were recorded, but information regarding these
could not be obtained.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Twenty-one cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year:—
(This table refers to the whole Borough.)
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hospital. | ||||||
| 1914 | 75 | 70 | 6 | 73 | — | — | 2 |
| 1915 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1916 | 60 | 60 | — | 60 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 39 ** | 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 | 48 | 11 | 58 | — | — | 1 |
| 1929 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 56 | — | — | — |
| 1930 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 1932 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 27 | — | — | 1 |
| 1933 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 23 | — | — | — |
| 1934 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 21 | — | — | — |
| Total | 967 | 845 | 121 | 942 | 7 | 1 17 | |
** born in Institution—not visited, no information available.
* Including 3 which occurred in Institution.