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Poplar 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Ante Natal consultations: | ||
| Number of women who attended during the year | 468 | |
| Number of new cases included above | 368 | |
| Total attendances | 2,657 | |
| Post Natal consultations: Number of women who attended | 131 | |
| Number of children visited during the year | 5.672 |
| Number of infants under 1 year of age visited for first time | 1,196 |
| Total visits to infants under 1 year of age | 6, 884 |
| Total visits to children aged 1 year but under 2 years | 4,886 |
| Total visits to children aged 2 years but under 5 years | 12,304 |
| Number of expectant mothers visited | 631 |
| Total visits to expectant mothers | 1,565 |
| Number on register at 1st January, 1957: Foster mothers | 15 |
| Poster children | 8 |
| Number on register at 31st December, 1957: Foster mothers | 14 |
| Foster children | 13 |
| Number of Daily Guardians: Statutory | — |
| Voluntary | 70 |
| Number of children minded: Statutory. | — |
| Voluntary | 57 |
| Number of premature live births during the year | 90 |
| Number of deaths under 1 month | 15 |