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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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Cases or Ophthalmia Neonatorum Notified and Visited. (Whole Borough.)
| Number of notifications received | 48 |
| Died in Institutions | — |
| Sight of one eye damaged | — |
| Recovered | 48 |
| Occurred in Institutions | 1 |
| Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners | 6 |
| Occurred in the practice of midwives | 41 |
| Admitted to hospital as in-patients | 3 |
| Treated as hospital out-patients | 3 |
| Treated privately | 41 |
| Visited by nurse | 9 |
Zymotic Enteritis, 1927. (Whole Borough.)
| Notifications received | 69 |
| Died before notification received | 10 |
| Not traced | — |
| Visited | 59 |
| Under 1 year (seefeeding below) | 24 (3 deaths) |
| 1 to 2 years | 19 |
| 2 to 3 years | 10 |
| 3 to 4 years | 3 |
| 4 to 5 years | 3 |
| Admitted to or occurred in Hospital | 15 |
| Age period. | Breast. | Mixed feeding. | Hand-fed. | Not stated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 7 | 7 | 7 | — |
| Died | — | — | 3 | — |
| Died before Notification received | 10 | |||
Home Nursing.
By arrangement with the Nursing Associations, with the consent of
the practitioner attending a patient, nursing is provided and paid for by