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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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Zymotic Enteritis.
| Visited | 168 |
| Failed to trace | 2 |
| Died before notification received | 19 |
| Visits not desired | 1 |
| Under 1 year | 44 |
| 1 to 2 years | 49 |
| 2 to 3 years | 23 |
| 3 to 4 years | 6 |
| 4 to 5 years | 3 |
Feeding.
| Age period. | Breast. | Mixed feeding. | Hand fed. | Not stated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 8 | 15 | 19* | 2 |
| Died | — | 3 | 4 | — |
| 1 to 2 years | 3 | 10 | 33 | 3 |
*(Fresh milk five, dried milk six, condensed milk six, patent food two.)
Medical Advice Obtained.
| Same day | 41 |
| 1 day | 32 |
| 2 days | 21 |
| 3 days | 10 |
| 4 days | 10 |
| 5 days | 2 |
| 6 days | 4 |
| 7 days | 5 |
| No information or too doubtful to use | 24 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
| Number of notifications received | 47 |
| Died whilst under supervision | 2 |
| Sight of 1 eye destroyed | 1 |
| Sight of both eyes damaged | 1 |
| Born blind | 1 |
| Recovered | 42 |
| Occurred in institutions | 2 |
| Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners | 10 |
| Occurred in the practice of mid wives | 35 |
| Admitted to hospital as in-patients | 6 |
| Treated as hospital out-patients | 14 |
| Treated privately | 27 |
| Visited by nurse | 12 |
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