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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
Bethnal Green 1911
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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The births notified to this Department during the
year numbered 3,785 of which
3,226 were sent in by attendant (doctor or midwife).
547 „ „ relatives.
12 ,, ,, person not stated.
The mothers were attended in confinement
| By qualified medical practitioners | 1,246 |
| By midwives | 1,294 |
| Assistants from the London Hospital | 1,182 |
| By whom not stated | 60 |
| 3,782 |
Three were attended at the time of the birth by
relations or friends, no doctor or midwife being
called in.
The infants born were
| Boys | 1,966 |
| Girls | 1,848 |
| Sex not stated | 18 |
| 3,832 |
The number of births exceeds the number of
notifications, as twins and triplets are notified on the
same form. There were 47 pairs of twins, eight pairs
of boys, 17 pairs of girls, and 22 boy and girl twins.
There was one set of triplets, two boys and a girl,
who, although they lived for several months, eventually
died.
Information as to whether the infants were living
or stillborn is usually not given, though asked for on the