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The proposed staff for these Wards is as follows:—Matron, Sister,
two charge nurses, two assistant nurses or probationers, cook, maid,
porter and necessary cleaners. It is estimated that the annual cost of
maintenance will be approximately £4,000.
Building operations were well in hand at the end of the year, and
it is expected that the Wards will be ready for occupation about July.
A complete list of clinics in the Borough is given as an appendix,
page 115.
INFANT MORTALITY.
There were 258 deaths of children under one year of age, the deathrate
per 1,000 births for the past 19 years being :—
Borough of Poplar.
County of London.
1908
124
(104)
113
1909
130
(99)
108
1910
119
(106)
103
1911
158
(116)
129
1912
108
(90)
90
1913
113
(83)
105
1914
117
(117)
104
1915
134
(98)
112
1916
104
(78)
89
1917
95
(79)
103
1918
107
(68)
107
1919
83
(69)
85
1920
81
(48)
75
1921
83
(66)
80
1922
79
(38)
74
1923
60
(44)
60
1924
72
(38)
69
1925
75
(50)
67
1926
70
64
Note.—The figures in brackets are the mortality rates amongst infants
visited by the Health Visitors. The infants visited are, for
the most part, resident in the poorest portions of the Borough.
These rates are calculated upon births occurring in any
particular year, and deaths in that and the following year.