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 1919
Annual report for the year 1919 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 | 105 |
| Delivered in institutions—No information available | 9 |
| Premature births | 26 |
| Foetus macerated | 22 |
| First pregnancies | 20 |
| Mothers who worked during pregnancy | 13 |
| Instrumental deliveries (forceps) | 8 |
| Cæsarean section | 1 |
| Transverse presentations | 2 |
| Prolapse of cord | 3 |
| Arrested development (five months' twins) | 2 |
| Breech presentations | 13 |
| Ante-partum haemorrhage | 15 |
| Malformation (child) | 1 |
| Abnormally short cord | 2 |
| Cord round neck | 2 |
Mothers who had had previous stillbirths:—
One. Two. Three. Four. Five.
13 3 3 2 1
Five have had one mis-carriage, four—two miscarriages, and two—three
mis-carriages. Eight attributed the fact that the child was stillborn
to "shock," eight to "accidents," six to "ill-health," one to attending
a " peace party," and one to " riding on a lorry-bus."
Nursing.
| Ophth. Neon. | Measles. | Zy. Enteritis. | Influenza. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. Visits. | ||
| East London Nursing Society | 9 | 365 | 8 | 103 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 87 |
| St. John Divine | 3 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Millwall & Cubitt Town | 2 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 13 | — | — |
| The Ranyard Nurses | 2 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 16 | 599 | 11 | 138 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 87 |