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Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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123
Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates per 1,000 visited
of children fed by the various methods:—
(a) Babies breast-fed 13
(b) „ who received mixed food (breast and hand) 43
(c) ,, hand-fed 177
Stillbirths.
(This refers to the whole Borough.)
59 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1933.
Number of Stillbirths 59
Doctors in attendance 7
Midwives in attendance 14
Delivered in Institutions 38
B.B.A. Nil
Two other stillbirths were recorded, but information regarding these
could not be obtained.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Twenty-three cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year:—
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hospital. | ||||||
| 1914 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 73 | — | — | 2 |
| 1915 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1916 | 60 | 60 | — | 60 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 39 ** | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1918 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 1 | — | — |
| 1919 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 60 | 1 | — | — |
| 1920 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 59 | — | — | 2 |
| 1921 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1922 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 34 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1923 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 35 | — | — | 3 |
| 1924 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 42 | — | — | 2 |
| 1926 | 43 | 35 | 8* | 42 | — | — | 1 |
| 1927 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 48 | — | 1_ | — |
| 1928 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 58 | — | — | 1 |
| 1929 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 56 | — | — | — |
| 1930 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 1932 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 27 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 946 | 835 | 110 | 921 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| ** 1 born in Institution—not visited, no information available. * Including 3 which occurred in Institution. | |||||||