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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 1918
Annual report for the year 1918 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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Visiting.
| Miss Ha 1. | Miss Brocklehurst. | Poplar Infant Care Assocn. | The Royal College of St. Katharine. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante-Natal | 43 | — | 55 | 633 | 731 |
| Post-Natal— | |||||
| Visits | 237 | 298 | 339 | 1,873 | 2,747 |
| Removed before visit | — | o | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| Died before visit | _ | 10 | 15 | 54 | 79 |
| Still-born | 66 | 11 | — | 16 | 93 |
| Revisits— | |||||
| Under one___ | 629 | 1,004 | 2,438 | 17,750 | 21,821 |
| One—five | 1,426 | 2,370 | 2,784 | 34,884 | 41,464 |
| Removed | 83 | 114 | 110 | 752 | 1,059 |
| Died | 26 | 61 | 64 | 338 | 489 |
| Zymotic Enteritis— | |||||
| Visits | 51 | 26 | 46 | 289 | 412 |
| Revisits | 42 | 4 | 40 | 517 | 603 |
| Died | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Measles | |||||
| Visits | 172 | 176 | 249 | 799 | 1,396 |
| Revisits | 81 | 90 | 326 | 1,352 | 1,852 |
| Died | 4 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 78 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum— | |||||
| Visits | 28 | 4 | — | — | 32 |
| Revisits | 58 | 6 | — | — | 64 |
| Miscellaneous | 267 | 104 | — | 676 | 1,017 |
| Total Visits paid....72,262 | |||||
Medical Aid.
Fifty visits have been paid to cases in which the midwife has had to
call in the assistance of a doctor for difficult delivery of necessitous
mothers.