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Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Age period. | Breast. | Mixed feeding. | Hand-fed. | Not stated. |
| Under 1 year | 25 | 6 | 28 | — |
| Died before Notification received | 15 | |||
| Under 1 year | 1 | — | 14 | — |
Home Nursing.
By arrangement with the Nursing Associations nursing is provided
(with the consent of the practitioner attending a patient) and paid for by
the Council at the rate of is. 3d. per visit, in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, Zymotic Enteritis,
Pemphigus, Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
The following is a summary of visits paid by Nurses during 1928:—
(This table refers to the whole Borough.)
| E.L.N.S. | St. John Divine. | St. Mildred's District Nurse. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | |||||
| Oph.Neon. | Cases | 7 | — | 3 | 10 | — |
| Visits | 65 | — | 50 | — | 115 | |
| Measles | Cases Under 5 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 20 | — |
| 5-10 | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| Visits Under 5 | 147 | 20 | 64 | — | 231 | |
| 5-10 | 29 | — | — | — | 29 | |
| Pneumonia | Cases Under 5 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 50 | — |
| 5-10 | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| Visits Under 5 | 260 | 704 | 26 | — | 990 | |
| 5-10 | 85 | — | — | — | 85 | |
| Zymotic | Cases | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Enteritis | Visits | — | 18 | — | — | 18 |
| Puer. Pyrexia | Cases | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Visits | 16 | — | — | — | 16 | |
| Totals | Cases | 45 | 37 | 8 | 90 | — |
| Visits | 602 | 742 | 140 | — | 1484 | |