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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Christ Church Clinic.
| First attendances | 221 |
| Total attendances | 3,689 |
| Average attendance each session | 358 |
| Average number of attendances each child | 91 |
134, High Street, Poplar, Clinic.
| First attendances | 294 |
| Total attendances | 4,660 |
| Average attendance each session | 44.8 |
| Average number of attendances each child | 9.4 |
| Expectant mothers .. | 102 |
Royal College of St. Katharine.
| Total attendances—Ante-Natal | 276 |
| „ „ Infant Consultations | 7,862 |
| „ „ Dental | 660 |
| „ „ Sewing Class | 194 |
| Total attendances at all Clinics | 26,396 |
Money Taken.
| s. | d. | ||
| For Dried Milk (3,619 lbs.) | 312 | 2 | 9 |
| ,, Medical sundries | 60 | 10 | 1 |
| „ Dentufes | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Spectacles | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| „ Materials at sewing class | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| „ Convalescent treatment | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Total money taken | 410 | 0 | 5 |
Free issue—1,253 lbs. Dried Milk.
3,402 vouchers for cod liver oil, malt, etc., were also issued
Grants in Aid.
| Convalescent treatment (one mother, nine children) | 10 cases. |
| Attendance of midwife | 19 „ |
| Attendance of maternity nurse | 2 „ |
| Loan of maternity bag | 3 „ |
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