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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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| Tonsil Clinic. | 1935. | 1936. |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children admitted | 118 | 100 |
| Average duration of stay days | 5 | 5 |
| Out-Patients ' Departments . | ||
| Test-Feeding Department. Total attendances | 971 | 1,228 |
| Number of mothers who attended with their babies for test feeds | 216 | 184 |
| Treatments. | ||
| Mothers. | ||
| Total treatments given to mothers | 386 | 152 |
| Number of individual mothers treated | 74 | 44 |
| Children. | ||
| Total treatments given to children | 2,133 | 2,809 |
| Number of individual children treated | 392 | 409 |
The rest of the work in this Department is the treatment of minor
ailments, such as conjunctivitis, otitis media, eczema, impetigo and
other skin affections.
Breast-Feeding Cases.
Total women referred 184
Attendances 1,228
Average attendance per woman 6.5
Treatment.
Mothers 44
Attendances 152
Children 409
Attendances 2,809
In about as many again bottle-feeding had, at the first attendance,
been too long in existence to make the attempt to change worth while.
Ante-Natal Department.
Births.
In the area allotted to St. Katharine's there were 1,015 live and
30 still-births during the year, making a total of 1,045. There were
11 cases of twins.