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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Royal College of St. Katharine.
Report of Dr. H. K. Waller, Senior Medical Officer of the
Royal College of St. Katharine.
Statistics for the year ended 31 st December, 1937.
(Figures for the same period last year are included for comparison.)
Number of Visits.
| 1936. | 1937. | |
|---|---|---|
| First visits to Expectant Mothers | 664 | 729 |
| Re-visits to Expectant Mothers | 1.845 | 2,092 |
| First visits to children | 1,016 | 1,036 |
| Re-visits to children | 33,177 | 34,615 |
| 36,702 | 38,472 | |
| Total number of children on register | 4,579 | 4,028 |
Attendances at Clinics.
| New cases | 919 | 936 |
| Attendances—Under 1 year | 8,509 | 8,764 |
| 1—3 years | 6,757 | 6,163 |
| 3—5 years | 3,154 | 2,900 |
| 18,420 | 17,827 |
Average attendance per clinic 73.7 71.6
Number of individual children 2,251 2,116
Number of individual mothers 1,818 1,761
Ante-Natal Clinics.
| New cases | 489 | 538 |
| Total attendances | 1,516 | 1,691 |
| Average attendance per clinic | 30.3 | 33.8 |
| Number of individual mothers | 537 | 605 |