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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICS Infant Welfare and Toddlers Sessions Total number of children who attended during the year and who were born in:
| 1964 | 1,392 | |
| 1963 | 1,549 | |
| 1959-1962 | 2,086 | |
| Total attendances at Infant Welfare Sessions | 30,703 | |
| Total medically examined | 10,216 | |
| Total attendances at Toddlers Sessions | 1,530 | |
| Total medically examined | 1,227 | |
| Ante Natal and Post Natal Clinics | ||
| Total attendances | 583 | |
Health Visiting Number of children visited who were born in:
| 1964 | 1,983 | ||
| 1963 | 2,839 | ||
| 1959-1962 | 4,564 | ||
| Number of persons aged 65 and over who were visited | 222 | ||
| Number of mentally disordered persons visited | 76 | ||
| Number of persons visited who were discharged from hospital (other than mental hospital) | 58 | ||
| Number of tuberculous households visited | 24 | ||
| Number of infectious households visited (other than TB) | 70 | ||
| Total effective visits. | 25,117 | ||
| Total unsuccessful visits | 4,039 | ||
| Child Minders (Daily Guardians) | |||
| Number of Daily Guardians | Statutory | 4 | |
| Voluntary | 25 | ||
| Number of children minded | Statutory | 15 | |
| Voluntary | 30 | ||