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Poplar 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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The Maternity and Child Welfare work is divided between the
Borough Council and the Royal College of St. Katharine, the Borough
Council taking the areas north of Bow Road and south of East India
Dock Road and the Royal College of St. Katharine being responsible
for the intermediate area.

Table: The Maternity and Child Welfare work has increased immensely since 1920. Larger attendances are being recorded at the Clinics, the total attendances during 1926, and the preceding years being as follows:-

The Maternity and Child Welfare work has increased immensely since 1920. Larger attendances are being recorded at the Clinics, the total attendances during 1926, and the preceding years being as follows:-

Borough Council.Royal College.
192635,08420,473
192531,54017,809
192427,13713,598
192324,05811,718
192217,4048,992
192115,7109,856
192014,49013,147

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Proposed Clinic-Isle of Dogs. During the year consideration has
been given to the clinic accommodation on the Isle of Dogs.
The two present clinics are both situate in unsatisfactory premises.
At Christchurch the conditions are bad in the extreme. The clinic
has to be entered via a flight of about two dozen stone steps which, in
Winter, are exceedingly dangerous. The clinic premises cannot be
satisfactorily heated and part of the building is in an unsafe condition.
The perambulators of the mothers have to remain in the yard below
where they cannot be adequately protected.
At West Ferry Road the Doctor's and weighing rooms are reached
by a steep and narrow staircase and the accommodation is extremely
limited.
Efforts have been made to obtain other suitable accommodation and
alternatively to obtain a piece of land where a central and up-to-date
clinic could be erected.
At the end of the year efforts to obtain other accommodation have
been unsuccessful and the Minister of Health has stated that he was not