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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 1921
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1921
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SUPPLY OF FOOD.
Considerable use was made of the Council's
Centres for the distribution of food to mothers and
infants.
The following food was sold at cost price:—
| Dried Milk | 17,815 lbs. |
| Condensed Milk | 58 tins |
The following amount was distributed free to necessitous cases:—
| Fresh Milk | 1,631 gals. |
| Dried Milk | 12,766 lbs. |
| Condensed Milk | 1,776 tins |
together with drugs, etc.
The approximate cost of the milk given to necessitous
cases was £1,684 16s. 8d.
Each necessitous case was carefully investigated
before assistance was given, and the usual amount
given was 1 lb. of dried milk or 7 pints of fresh milk
per week to each case.
SUMMARY OF VISITS PAID BY HEALTH VISITORS.
| Births (first visits) | 2,957 |
| Births (re-visits) | 13,567 |
| Visits to mothers | 1,893 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 234 |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 |
| Measles | 528 |
| School Complaints | 667 |
| Special Matters | 1,400 |
| Futile Visits | 1,653 |
| Tuberculosis | 3,137 |
| Total visits paid | 26,049 |