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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Ante-Natal Clinic, Public Health Department.
1,201 live births and 36 stillbirths were notified in the Public Health Area during the year 1935. The following table shows the distribution of these births:—
| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Doctors' patients | 77 | 2 |
| Midwives' patients | 378 | 8 |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 405 | 12 |
| East End Maternity Hospital | 203 | 5 |
| Other Institutions | 138 | 8 |
| Per Registrar's Returns (information not ascertainable) | — | 1 |
| 1,201 | 36 |
Of this number the following attended our Ante-Natal Clinics:—
Doctors' patients 4
Midwives' patients 142*
St. Andrew's Hospital 313
East End Maternity Hospital 20
Other Institutions 36
Removed from District —
515
*This number refers to the cases in the practices of private midwives. The
patients of midwives attached to nursing associations attend the associations' antenatal
clinics.
Clinic Attendances.
Number of individual patients 624
New Cases 552
Total attendances 2,246
Average attendance per session 15. (compared with
27 at R. Coll.
double sessions)
Home Visitation by Health Visitors.
First visits 855
Revisits 1,788