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Poplar 1936

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

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The Committee provided dentures to three necessitous mothers who
were unable to complete their payments, the cost to the Committee being
£5 0s. 6d.

Table: [The following tables refer to the whole Borough.)Statistics Respecting Infants Born in 1935.

[The following tables refer to the whole Borough.)Statistics Respecting Infants Born in 1935.

All births, including those occurring in outlying districts, but belonging to the Borough2,370
Doctors in attendance243
Midwives in attendance702
Delivered in institutions1,420
Not stated5
Moved into Borough148
2,518
Stillborn (Stillbirths per 1,000 births, 25.2)70
Died before visit49
Not requiring or desiring visits68
–187
Visited2,331
Removed within the year402
Died during visitation95
497
Remaining under supervision end of first year1,834
Mortality per 1,000 visited40.7

Table: The 1,834 children visited during 1935 and remaining under supervision at the end of their first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 1,834 children visited during 1935 and remaining under supervision at the end of their first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed71.9 per cent.
Mixed feeding20.4 „
Hand-fed7.7 „

Table: The 95 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 95 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed22.1 per cent.
Mixed feeding35.8 „
Hand-fed42.1 „