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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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May Not more than three pints to one family.
Dried or condensed milk (in proportion to fresh) on
certificate from doctor.
Orders to be given on dairymen named by applicant,if
trade conducted on Trade Union lines, and milk
supplied at 2d. per gallon less than current retail
prices.
Number of enquiries made 315
Statements found to be untrue 211
Statements found to be true 54
No reply 50
Number of Sub-Committee meetings held and attended 33
Number of applications granted 17,095
Cow's milk 109,198¼ gallons.
Dried milk (free) 3,454 lbs.
Dried milk (at cost price) 4,249 lbs.
Condensed milk 49 tins.
Vital Statistics, 1919.
| All births, including those occurring in out-lying districts, but belonging to the Borough | 4,417 |
| Attended by doctors | 853 |
| Attended by midwives | 3,245 |
| Delivered in institutions | 198 |
| Not stated | 121 |
| Stillborn | 103 |
| Died before visit | 117 |
| Not requiring or not desiring visits | 397 |
| Visited | 3,800 |
| Removed and not traced | 280 |
| Died during visitation | 243 |
| Remaining under supervision end of first year | 3,277 |
| Stillbirths per 1,000 births | 23.3 |
| Mortality per 1,000 births, died before visit | 27.1 |
| Mortality per 1,000 visited | 69.0 |
The feeding of the infants during the first six months of life was as follows:—
| 1. Those alive at end of completed year (December, 1920)— | |
| Breast fed | 75.3 per cent. |
| Mixed feeding | 21.0 |
| Hand-fed | 3.6 „ |