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Poplar 1949

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

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(10) Vaccination.
No. of children successfully vaccinated 194
No. found to be insusceptible to vaccination
Nil.
{These figures exclude cases vaccinated by
General Practitioners, as the figures are compiled
on a Divisional basis.)
(c) Supply of Nutrients and Appliances.
Dried Milk and other nutrients have been issued from the Maternity
and Child Welfare Centres during the year and also small
appliances such as bandages, belts, teats, etc., for which a charge
has been made.
The Ministry of Food was also responsible during the year for the
issue of National Dried Milk, National Milk Cocoa and Concentrated
Orange Juice in accordance with their recognised scale of charges.
4. Notification of Births.
Arrangements have been in operation during the year whereby
the London County Council has furnished to the Borough Council a
weekly return of births (including still births) which have been
notified to them as the Local Health Authority under the National
Health Service Act, 1946.
During the year 1348 live births (673 male and 675 female) were
notified and in addition there were 27 still births (13 male and 14
female).
These figures represent corrected totals after the addition of
inward transfers and the deletion of outward transfers.
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