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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Ante-Natal Clinic, Public Health Department.
The following table shows the distribution of these births:—
| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Doctors' patients | 93 | 3 |
| Midwives' patients | 312 | 3 |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 399 | 16 |
| East End Maternity Hospital | 183 | 7 |
| Other Institutions | 164 | 6 |
| Per Registrar's Returns (information not ascertainable) | — | 1 |
| 1,151 | 36 |
Of this number the following attended our Ante-Natal Clinics:—
| Doctors' patients | 6 |
| Midwives'patients | 170* |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 305 |
| East End Maternity Hospital | 15 |
| Other Institutions | 11 |
| 507 |
* 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.
| Number of individual patients | 716 |
| New Cases | 642 |
| Total attendances | 2,390 |
| Average attendance per session | 16.4 (compared with 30.3 at R. Coll. double sessions) |
| First visits | 837 |
| Revisits | 1,552 |