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Poplar 1932

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

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Other Hospitals.
There are no hospitals in the Borough provided or subsidised by
the Council.
There are two General Hospitals, Poplar Hospital (supported
voluntarily), and St. Andrew's Hospital (maintained by the London
County Council).
Other Institutions in the Borough are:—
Poplar Institution;
Bow Institution;
Langley House;
Bromley House Institution;
all of which are maintained by the London County Council.
Children.
At the Observation Wards two five-cot wards and an isolation ward
are provided for children suffering from malnutrition, etc. (See report
of Consulting Physician, page 127.)
The Royal College of St. Katharine also have accommodation for
6 children suffering from malnutrition, etc., and 6 cots for tonsillectomy
cases.
(8) Institution for unmarried mothers, etc.
There is one such Institution in the Borough but it is not in any
way connected officially with the Council.
(9) Ambulance facilities.
The ambulance services are provided by the London County Council.
(10) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, Ante-Natal Clinics and Day
Nurseries. (See Maternity and Child Welfare Section, page 110.)
Tuberculosis Dispensary. (See page 93, where a list of accommodation
and hours of sessions, etc., is shown.)
There are several school treatment centres in the Borough maintained
by the London County Council.
There is no centre in the Borough for the treatment of venereal
disease. Posters published by the London County Council giving addresses
of the nearest clinics are displayed in the public urinals throughout the