London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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270
Families occupying:—
1 room per family 10.77 per cent.
2 „ 13.47 „
Re-visits 1691
Removed and not traced 102
Died 34
Mothers who worked after birth of child:—
Home work 5.92 per cent.
Factory, workshop, charing, etc. 8.35 ,,
Consultation Days.
There were 1,694 attendances at the Consultation Days for mothers
and babies, a decrease of 691 compared with 1910, the average attendance
at the various Centres being as follows:—
Roman Road Baths 32.3
All Hallows' Schoolroom 29.1
St. Frideswides' Mission Room 28.5
Town Hall, Poplar 21
Vicarage Room, High Street 16.9
St. Mildred's House 13.3
Maternity Club.
Number joining 50
,, paid out 36
,, on books 28
,, borrowed clothes 18
Average amount deposited 4s.
Vital Statistics.
The figures appended refer to infants born in 1910 and kept under
supervision for a year; they show an increase of 85 in the number kept
under supervision, and an increase of 6.94 per thousand in the rate of
mortality, as compared to 1909.
Visited 1,531
Removed and not traced 329
Died 128
Rate of mortality per 1,000 visited, 105.69.