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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Total attendances at all Clinics:—Public Health Dppartment.
27,137; Royal College of St. Katharine, 13,598.
Money Taken.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Dried Milk (12,0221bs.) | 845 | 7 | 2 |
| ,, Medical sundries | 63 | 5 | 9 |
| ,, Dentures | 39 | 8 | 0 |
| Materials at Sewing Class | 40 | 19 | 0 |
| .. Convalescent Treatment | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| ,, Virol | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| Oil and Malt .. | 52 | 17 | 1 |
| Total money taken | £1,056 | 10 | 8 |
Free issue.—4,415lbs. Dried Milk. 5,875 vouchers for cod liver
oil, malt, etc., were also issued.
Grants in Aid.
| Convalescent Treatment (13 children; 6 mothers and babies) | 19 cases. | |||
| Attendance of midwife | 34 „ | |||
| Loan of maternity bag | 4 „ | |||
| Zymotic Enteritis. | ||||
| Died before notification received | 1 | |||
| Not traced | 2 | |||
| Visited | 37 | |||
| Under 1 year (see feeding below) | 17 | |||
| 1 to 2 years | 15 (1 died). | |||
| 2 to 3 years | 4 | |||
| 3 to 4 years | 1 | |||
| 4 to 5 years | 0 | |||
| Age period. | Breast. | Mixed feeding. | Hand fed | Not stated. |
| Under 1 year | 6 | 1 | 10 | — |
| Died. | — | — | — | — |