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Poplar 1938

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

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Table: The 1,762 children visited during 1937 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 1,762 children visited during 1937 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-fed67.8 percent.
Mixed feeding22.6 ,,
Hand-fed9.6 ,,

Table: The 77 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 77 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed19.5 per cent.
Mixed feeding44.0 „
Hand-fed3.64 „

Table: Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates per 1,000 visited of children fed by the various methods:—

Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates per 1,000 visited of children fed by the various methods:—

(a) Babies breast-fed12
(b) ,, who received mixed food (breast and hand)79
(c) ,, hand-fed142

Table: S tillbirths. (This refers to the whole Borough.) 67 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1938.

S tillbirths. (This refers to the whole Borough.) 67 Stillbirths were investigated during the year 1938.

Number of Stillbirths67
Doctors in attendance2
Midwives in attendance11
Delivered in Institutions52
B.B.A1 (Hospital case)
Unknown1