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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Stillbirths.
| Number of stillbirths | 125 |
| No information available | 7 |
| Premature births (4 (?) viable) | 31 |
| Foetus macerated | 38 |
| First pregnancies | 33 |
| Mothers who worked during pregnancies | 9 |
| Instrumental deliveries (forceps) | 15 |
| Caesarian Section | 1 |
| Craniotomy | 1 |
| Mal-presentations (other than breech) | 5 |
| Prolapse of cord | 2 |
| One of triplets | 1 |
| One of twins | 3 |
| Breech presentations | 11 |
| Ante-partum hæmorrhage | 14 |
| Cord round neck | 3 |
| Five mothers died too. |
Mothers who had had previous stillbirths:—
| One. | Two. | Three. | Four. | Five. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | |
| Miscarriages:— | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fourteen attributed the fact that the child was stillborn to "shock,''
eleven to "accident," eleven to "ill-health,"' and one to "row with
mother-in-law."
Nursing.
| Ophth. Neon. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |||||
| Under 5 | 5-10 | Under 5 | 5-10 | Under 5 | 5-10 | Under 5 | 5-10 | |||
| East London Nursing Society | 4 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 57 | 9 | 8 | 92 | 131 |
| St. John Divine | 6 | 163 | 2 | — | 27 | — | — | 1 | — | 32 |
| Millwall & Cubitt Town | 1 | 19 | 2 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Ranyard Nurses | 1 | 21 | 2 | — | 44 | — | 6 | 3 | 144 | 64 |
| Total | 12 | 311 | 8 | 1 | 112 | 57 | 15 | 12 | 236 | 227 |