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Poplar 1937

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

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The Committee provided dentures to six necessitous mothers who
were unable to complete their payments, the cost to the Committee being
£12 17s. 9d.

Table: (The following tables refer to the whole Borough.)

(The following tables refer to the whole Borough.)

Statistics Respecting Infants Born in 1936.
All births, including those occurring in outlying districts, but belonging to the Borough2,232
Doctors in attendance214
Midwives in attendance599
Delivered in institutions1,418
Not stated1
Moved into Borough196
2,428
Stillborn (Stillbirths per 1,000 births, 29.6)66
Died before visit37
Not requiring or desiring visits90
—193
Visited2.233
Removed within the year399
Died during visitation99
498
Remaining under supervision end of first year1,737
Mortality per 1,000 visited44.3

Table: The 1,737 children visited during 1936 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 1,737 children visited during 1936 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-fed72.2 per cent.
Mixed feeding20.3
Hand-fed7-5

Table: The 99 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 99 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed19.2 per cent.
Mixed feeding42.4 „
Hand-fed38.3 „