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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Ante Natal consultations: Number of women who attended for the first time | 395 | |
| Number of women who attended | 493 | |
| Total attendances | 2617 | |
| Post Natal consultations: Number of women who attended | 133 | |
| Number of infants under 1 year of age visited for first time | 1286 |
| Total visits to infants under 1 year of age | 9329 |
| Total visits to children 1-5 years of age | 20925 |
| Number of expectant mothers visited | 583 |
| Total visits to expectant mothers | 1712 |
| Number on register at 1st January, 1953: Poster mothers | 16 |
| Poster children | 10 |
| Number on register at 31st December, 1953: Poster mothers | 14 |
| Poster children | 10 |
| Number of Daily Guardians: Statutory | - |
| Voluntary | 71 |
| Number of children minded: Statutory | - |
| Voluntary | 55 |
| Number of premature births during the year | 111 |
| Number of deaths under 1 month | 33 |
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