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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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109
Total attendances at all Clinics:—Public Health Department,
31,540; Royal College of St. Katharine, 17,809.
Monet Taken.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Dried Milk (9,6631b.) | 724 | 14 | 6 |
| ,, Medical sundries | 40 | 6 | 4 |
| ,, Dentures | 31 | 13 | 6 |
| ,, Materials at Sewing Class | 34 | 16 | 8 |
| ,, Convalescent Treatment | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| „ Virol | 19 | 5 | 4 |
| ,, Oil and Malt | 99 | 4 | 8 |
| Total money taken | £953 | 13 | 6 |
Free issue.—3,5391b. Dried Milk. 4,770 vouchers for cod liver
oil, malt, etc.. were also issued.
Grants in Aid.
Convalescent Treatment (mothers and babies) 16 cases.
Children 21 ,,
Attendance of Midwife 28 ,,
Loan of maternity bag 6 ,,
Zymotic Enteritis.
Died before notification received 10
Not traced 2
Visited 109
Under 1 year (see feeding below) 49 (5 deaths).
1 to 2 years 34
2 to 3 years 11
3 to 4 years 8
4 to 5 years 7
Feeding.
| Age period. | Breast. | Mixed feeding. | Hand-fed. | Not stated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 19 | 7 | 18 | — |
| Died. | — | 1 | 4 | — |