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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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Stillbirths.
| Number of stillbirths | 97 |
| Delivered in Institutions—No information available | 22 |
| Premature births | 28 |
| Fœtus macerated | 20 |
| First pregnancies | 14 |
| Mothers who worked during pregnancy | 18 |
| Instrumental deliveries (forceps) | 8 |
| Craniotomy | 1 |
| Transverse presentations | 2 |
| Prolapse of cord | 3 |
| Prolapse of uterus | 4 |
| Breech presentations | 17 |
| Ante-partum hœmorrhage | 8 |
| Eclampsia | 1 |
Mothers who had had previous stillbirth:
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Eight.
7 4 111 1
Seven have had 1 mis-carriage and one—two miscarriages. Ten attributed
the fact that the child was stillborn to "shock," six to "accidents" or
"overwork," and two to "ill-health."
Nursing.
| Ophth. Neon. | Measles. | Zy. Enteritis. | Influenza. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. Visits. | Cases. Visits. | Cases. Visits. | Cases | . Visits. | ||||
| East London Nursing Society | 4 | 164 | 30 | 505 | 2 | 17 | — | - |
| St. John Divine „ | 3 | 126 | 18 | 189 | 4 | 18 | — | - |
| Millwall & Cubitt Town ,, | 2 | 37 | 19 | 199 | 1 | 10 | — | - |
| The Ranyard „ | 5 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| Total | 14 | 401 | 68 | 897 | 9 | 57 | 5 | 37 |