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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: The 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, 3is< December, 1938. (Figures for the same period last year are included for comparison).

The 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, 3is< December, 1938. (Figures for the same period last year are included for comparison).

Number of Visits.1937.1938.
First visits to Expectant Mothers729539
Re-visits to Expectant Mothers2,0921,592
First visits to children1,0361,000
Re-visits to children34,61529,946
38,47233,077
Measles. Visits to children over five243
33,320
New births1,0681,014
Total number of children on register4,0283,911
Attendances at Clinics.
Infant Clinics.
New cases936875
Attendances—Under 1 year8,7649,108
1—3 years6,1636,477
3—5 years2,9002,571
17,82718,156
Average attendance per clinic71.674.1
Number of individual children2,1162,113
Number of individual mothers1,7611,751
Ante-Natal Clinics.
New cases538531
Total attendances1,6911,720
Average attendance per clinic33.835.1
Number of individual mothers605592