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Poplar 1927

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

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Table: Below is a table giving the attendances at each of the Clinics during the year 1927 :—

Below is a table giving the attendances at each of the Clinics during the year 1927 :—

Bow.West Ferry Road.Christ Church.Simpson Road.p.h. Dept. Total.Royal College of St. Katharine Total.
First attendances6661211963101,293974
Infant consultations10,7142,4535,8496,73225,74815,717
Average per session70.048.0957.364.762.867.1
Average attendance of each child11.411.114.312.612.2—
Dental Clinic741———741833
Average per Session14.5———14.511.5
Ante-natal Clinic ..743——199942634
Average per session14.5——16.615.013.7
Sewing Class—397—539936444
Light Centre2,846——3,6046,4502,975
Average attendance10.2——15.012.69.0
Garden attendances—————1,942
Mothers'Clinic—————69

Table: Total attendances at all Clinics:—

Total attendances at all Clinics:—

P. H. Department36,110
Royal College of St. Katharine23,588
Total59,698

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The Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Clinic, the Tuberculosis
Dental Clinic, and the Bow Artificial Sunlight Clinic were transferred to
the new centre in Wellington Road during 1927. Early in 1928 one of
the Infant Consultation Clinics was transferred from Old Ford to
Wellington Road.
Miss J. M. Cardozo, Chief Health Visitor, reports as follows upon
the Maternity and Child Welfare work carried out by the Staff of the
Public Health Department:—
Ante-Natal Clinics.—A special eSort was made during the past year
in this branch of the work. The attendances at the ante-natal clinics have
increased from 740 in 1926 to 942 in 1927. There is still much to be done.
One of our difficulties is to get into touch with the young mother expecting