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Poplar 1929

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

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Section VII.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Maternity and Child Welfare work is divided between the
Borough Council and the Royal College of St. Katharine, the Borough
Council taking the areas north of Bow Road and south of East India
Dock Road; the Royal College of St. Katharine being responsible for
the intermediate area, except for a small area in the vicinity of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre in Wellington Road.

The number of attendances at the Centres since their opening in 1920 is shown below:—

Borough Council.Royal College.
192014,49013,147
192115,7109,856
192217,4048,992
192324,05811,718
192427,13713,598
I92531,54017,809
192635,08420,473
192736,11023,588
192841,42027,653
192938,50428,250

in table facing this page will be found a list of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres in the Borough, together with the days and hours
of clinics and the accommodation available at each centre.
During the year the number of Ante-Natal Clinics was increased by
2 per month—making a total of 10 per month.
To cope with the work at the Dental Clinic, 2 additional sessions per
month were started in February, 1929, one of the sessions being an
anaesthetic session.
There have been no further increases to the Clinics held during the year.