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Poplar 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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Public Health Department,
Bow Road, E.
April 24th, 1917
Sir,
I beg to present the ninth Annual Report of my workâthe second
under the Local Government Board's extended scheme for the Prevention
of Infantile Mortality. No additions have been made to the scheme
since the last report, but a further transference of Case Papers was
made on May 1st. The Royal College of St. Katharine undertaking
a portion of Poplar, previously undertaken by the Poplar Infant Welfare
Association. The visiting areas are now as follows:-
Poplar Infant Welfare Association.
Undertake all the work south of the first bridges.
The Royal College of St. Katharine.
Undertake all the work between the first bridges and Bow Road.
The Public Health Department
Undertake all the work of north of Bow Road. The working
arrangement between the above bodies and this Department has proceeded
smoothly and harmoniously.
| No. of still-births | 133 |
| Delivered in Institutions, no information available | 20 |
| Premature births | 37 |
| Foetus macerated | 32 |
| Breech presentations | 14 |
| First pregnancies | 17 |
| Mothers who worked during pregnancy | 11 |
| Fathers in H.M. Forces | 17 |
| Attributed to shock | 35 |