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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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There are two General Hospitals, Poplar Hospital (supported
voluntarily), and St. Andrew's Hospital (maintained by the London
County Council.)
Other Institutions in the Borough are:—
Poplar Institution;
St. Clements Hospital (late Bow Institution);
Langley House;
Bromley House Institution;
all of which are maintained by the London County Council.
(iv) Children.
At the Observation Wards two five-cot wards and an isolation ward
are provided for children suffering from malnutrition. etc. (See report
of Consulting Physician, page 130.)
The Royal College of St. Katharine also have accommodation for
12 cots for children suffering from malnutrition, etc. During the months
April to October, six of the cots are used for tonsillectomy cases.
2 (ii) Poor Law Out-Relief.
The following information was furnished by the London County Council : —
| Number of persons in receipt of domiciliary relief (excluding medical relief only). | Cost. | in receipt of medical relief only. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ended | 2nd January, 1937 | 5,746 | ||
| 3rd July, 1937 | 4,894 | £1,876 | 45 | |
3 (i) Midwifery and Maternity Services.
Midwives.
The number of midwives practising in the area is 13.
No arrangements are made for subsidising midwives in the Borough,
but compensation is paid to midwives, when, on the advice of a Clinic
Medical Officer, the patient has been confined in an Institution.
Maternal Mortality.
All maternal deaths and all cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia are specially investigated. (See Maternity and Child Welfare
section, page 127.)