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Public Health Department,
Poplar Town Hall,
Bow Road, E.3.
7th June, 1939.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In submitting this report upon the health of the Metropolitan Borough
of Poplar for the year 1938 I would remind the Council that the extra
duties in connection with Air Raid Precautions and the Council's general
instruction that such work is to take precedence over the ordinary
work of the Department have resulted in considerable disturbance of the
routine work during the last nine months. A special investigation which
was being carried out at the request of the Minister of Health, concerning
wells in the Borough and their association with London's underground
water supply, has been unavoidably delayed.
Statistics.
It will be seen from the report that the rates for births, deaths and
infantile mortality are slightly lower than the corresponding rates for the
previous year, but, apart from the fact that the birth rate is the lowest
recorded, there is nothing which calls for special comment.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
The new clinic at Old Ford is referred to on page 111 of this report
and plans and photographs are shown.
Conferences.
The Council was represented at various Conferences during the
year and reports of delegates have been submitted to the appropriate
Committees.