London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 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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Second Health Visitor.
Owing to changes in the staff, all the visits paid have been included
under one heading.
Visiting.
| Council's Health Visitors. | Poplar Infant Care Assocn. | The Royal College of St. Katharine. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante-Natal | 70 | 92 | 607 | 769 | |
| Post-Natal— | |||||
| Visits | 780 | 735 | 2,469 | 3,984 | |
| Removed before visit | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |
| Died before visit | 11 | 9 | 59 | 79 | |
| Still-born | 106 | 4 | 5 | 115 | |
| Revisits | 3,098 | 5,347 | 39,692 | 48,137 | |
| Removed | 79 | 145 | 577 | 801 | |
| Died | 48 | 64 | 279 | 391 | |
| Zymotic Enteritis— | |||||
| Visits | 56 | 65 | 639 | 760 | |
| Revisits | 56 | 66 | 1,425 | 1,527 | |
| Died | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | |
| Measles | |||||
| Visits | 275 | 109 | 563 | 1,007 | |
| Revisits | 133 | 26 | 1,072 | 1,231 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | |||||
| Visits | 54 | — | — | 54 | |
| Revisits | 139 | — | — | 139 | |
| Miscellaneous | 247 | - | — | 247 | |
| Total Visits paid | 57,835 | ||||