London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1938

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

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Table: Clinic Attendances.

Clinic Attendances.

Number of individual patients978
New Cases910
Total attendances3,295
Average attendance per session15.1 (compared with 35.1 at R. Coll. —3 Doctors)

Table: Home Visitation by Health Visitors.

Home Visitation by Health Visitors.

First visits879
Revisits1,855