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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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Money Taken.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Dried Milk (4,479 lbs.) | 480 | 15 | 1 |
| ,, Medical sundries | 35 | 10 | 5½ |
| ,, Dentures | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Spectacles | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| ,, Materials at sewing class | 40 | 9 | 9½ |
| Total money taken | 610 | 7 | 9 |
4,425 vouchers for cod liver oil, malt, etc., were also issued.".
Grants.
| Free vouchers (cod liver oil, etc.) | 12 cases. |
| Free spectacles | 1 „ |
| Free convalescent treatment (one mother, four children) | 5 ,, |
| Free attendance of midwife | 6 „ |
| Free attendance of maternity nurse | 1 „ |
| Loan of maternity bag | 1 „ |
In addition three mothers and babies were guests at the Lady
Forster Guest Home, the Council paying return fare in one case.
Vital Statistics, 1920.
| All births, including those occurring in out-lying districts, but belonging to the Borough | 5,558 |
| Attended by doctors | 1,261 |
| Attended by midwives | 3,620 |
| Delivered in institutions | 568 |
| Not stated | 109 |
| Stillborn | 144 |
| Died before visit | 104 |
| Not requiring or desiring visits | 580 |
| Visited | 4,730 |
| Removed and not traced | 310 |
| Died during visitation | 213 |
| Remaining under supervision end of first year | 4,207 |
| Stillbirths per 1,000 births | 28.9 |
| Mortality per 1,000 births, died before visit | 18.7 |
| Mortality per 1,000 visited | 48.1 |