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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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87 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1927.
| Number of Stillbirths | 87 | ||
| Doctors in attendance | 30 | ||
| Midwives in attendance | 23 | ||
| Delivered in Institutions | 34 | ||
| B.B.A | 6 | ||
| Premature Births | 32 | ||
| First pregnancies | 29 | ||
Mothers who had had previous Stillbirths:—
| One. | Two. | Three. | Four. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | Nil. | 2 |
Notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Forty-eight cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year:—
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hospital. | ||||||
| 1914 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 73 | — | — | 2 |
| 1915 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1916 | 60 | 60 | — | 60 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 39 ** | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1918 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 1 | — | — |
| 1919 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 60 | 1 | — | — |
| 1920 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 59 | — | — | 2 |
| 1921 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1922 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 34 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1923 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 35 | — | — | 3 |
| 1924 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 42 | — | — | 2 |
| 1926 | 43 | 35 | 8* | 42 | — | ||
| — | — | — | |||||
| 702 | 629 | 72 | 678 | 7 | 15 | ||
** 1 born in Institution—not visited, no information available.
* Including 3 which occurred in Institution.