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Poplar 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Ante Natal and Post Natal Clinics.
Ante Natal consultations:
Number of women who attended during the year 495
Number of new cases included above 441
Total attendances 3,212
Post Natal consultations: Number of women who attended 155
Bealth Visitors.
Number of children visited during the year 6,313
Number of infants under 1 year of age visited for first time 1,242
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age 7,781
Total visits to children aged 1 year but under 2 years 5,212
Total visits to children aged 2 years but under 5 years 14,106
Number of expectant mothers visited 553
Total visits to expectant mothers 1,637
Infant Life Protection.
Number on register at 1st January, 1956: Poster mothers 17
Poster children 9
Number on register at 31st December, 1956: Poster mothers 15
Poster children 8
Child Minders (Daily Guardians).
Number of Daily Guardians: statutory
Voluntary 73
Number of children minded: Statutory
Voluntary 46
Care of preaature infants.
Number of premature live births during the year 89
Number of deaths under 1 month 14