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Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Of the 40 cases of Zymotic Enteritis under 1 year of age which were
notified, r died. This child was hand-fed. The remaining 39 were fed
as follows:—Breast-fed, 20; mixed feeding, 5; hand-fed, 14. 12
children under 1 year of age died before notifications were received, and
of this number 2 were breast-fed, 2 were on mixed feeding, and 8 were
hand-fed.
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 1929:-
(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 | 4 | 1 | 12 | — |
| Visits | 102 | 80 | 5 | — | 187 | |
| MeaBlea | Cases Under 5 | 3 | 9 | — | 12 | — |
| 5-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 7 | — | |
| Visits Under 5 | 31 | 149 | — | — | 180 | |
| 5-10 | 45 | 41 | — | — | 86 | |
| Pneumonia | Cases Under 5 | 11 | 30 | — | 41 | — |
| 5-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | — | |
| Visits Under 5 | 233 | 626 | — | — | 859 | |
| 5-10 | 59 | 14 | — | — | 73 | |
| Zymotic | Cases | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Enteritis | Visits | 2 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Whooping- | Cases under 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | — |
| Cough | Visits under 5 | 43 | 83 | 8 | — | 134 |
| Totals | Cases | 33 | 51 | 2 | 86 | — |
| Visits | 515 | 993 | 13 | — | 1521 | |