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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Extract from Form M.C.W. 96 (Ministry of Health).
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1929.
Metropolitan Borough Council of Poplar.
POPULATION according to the Census of 1921.—162,618.
Births.
Registered—
(1) Legitimate (a) Live Births 3,000 (2) Illegitimate (a) Live Births 64
(6) Still Births 98 (6) Still Births 2
(3) Total (a) Live Births 3,064
(b) Still Births 100
Notified within 36 hours of Birth—
(1) Live Births 2,546 (2) Still Births 77 (3) Total 2,623
(1) By Midwives 1,479 (2) By Parents and Doctors 576 (3) Institutions 568
Infant Deaths.
Number—
(1) Legitimate 221 (2) Illegitimate 10 (3) Total 231
Rate per 1,000 Births—
(1) Legitimate 74 (2) Illegitimate 156 (3) Total 75
Maternal Deaths.
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of, Childbirth—-
(a) From Sepsis—4. (6) Other causes—6.
Health Visitors. Visits paid by Health Visitors during the year:—
To Expectant Mothers (1) First Visits 1,310 (2) Total Visits 4,735
To Infants under 1 (1) First Visits 3,103 (2) Total Visits 23,853
To Children 1—5 Total Visits 45,198
Miscellaneous 1,331
Municipal Homes and Hospitals for Children under 5.
Number of Beds—11. Number of Children under 5 received during the year—37.
Total number of weeks spent in the Homes by such cases—340.
Total Visits 75,117