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Poplar 1936

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

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The 28 cases under one year of age were fed as follows:—
Breast-fed, 4; Mixed feeding, 4; Hand-fed, 20.
(Note.—See comments by Medical Officer of Health in the section relating
to Infectious Diseases, page 92.)
Home Nursing.
By arrangement with the Nursing Associations nursing is provided
(with the consent of the practitioner attending a patient) and paid for by
the Council at the rate of is. 3d. per visit, in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, Zymotic Enteritis,
Pemphigus, Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.

Table: The following is a summary of visits paid by Nurses during 1936:—(This table refers to the whole Borough.)

The following is a summary of visits paid by Nurses during 1936:—

(This table refers to the whole Borough.)

E.L.N.S.St. John Divine.St. John's Isle of Dogs.Totals.
CasesVisits.
Oph. Neon.Cases2—_2
Visits51——51
Slight Inflammation of Eyes*Cases222226—
Visits2681313294
MeaslesCases Under 5911624131—
5-10496358—
Visits Under 51,1242692581,651
5-106447335—752
PneumoniaCases Under 5282—30—
5-108——8—
Visits Under 5-1038312——395
5-10162——162
PemphigusCases4—15—
Visits54—16—70
Whooping-Cough4——4
Visits Under 582———82
Zymotic EnteritisCases—————
Visits—————
Puerperal PyrexiaCases——11—
Visits——11—11
TotalsCases2082631265—
Visits2,768367333—3,468

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*Reported by L.C.C.