Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Health Visitor.
Visits 601
Removed before visit 13
Died before visit 8
Still-births 3
leaving 577 alive. At the time of my visit, these were being fed as
follows:—
Breast-fed 95.32 per cent .
Mixed feeding 2.08 „
Hand-fed 2.60 „
Mothers who worked during pregnancy:—
Home-work 7.27 per cent.
Factory, workshop, charing, etc. 9.70 „
Families occupying:—
1 Room per family 13.34 per cent.
2 Rooms per family 17.67 „
Re-visits 2,114
Removed and not traced 92
Died 31
Mothers who worked after birth of child:—
Home-work 6.93 per cent.
Factory, workshop, charing, etc. 6.23 „
Consultation Days.
There were 1,066 attendances at the Consultation Days during the
first six months, an increase of 379 compared with the corresponding
period of 1911, the average attendance at the various Centres being as
follows:—
St. Frideswides' Mission Room 45.6
Roman Road Baths 38.8
All Hallows' Schoolroom 35.0
Town Hall, Poplar 33.1
Vicarage Room, High Street 18.6
The average attendance of each infant, 3.2.