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Although the Council's welfare work is not a
commercial undertaking it nevertheless values such unsolicited
testimonials as the following :—
" I am writing to thank you for your kind assistance
throughout my wife's confinement. It is splendid to know
there is such places to help people who, like myself, are
in poor circumstances, as being unemployed I would not
have been able to afford it. Also the services of Nurse
were splendid. And above all to thank you for
the home help of Mrs. as we could not have
found a more homely and obliging person ourselves."
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS,
1907 AND 1915.
During the year, 1,491 live births were registered
in the Borough ; and 1,431 births were notified to
the Medical Officer of Health. There were also 47
stillbirths notified. Of the 1,478 living and stillbirths
notified, 1,031 were notified by midwives, 255 by
maternity assistants of the London Hospital, 123 by
medical practitioners, and 69 by parents and others.
Through the courtesy of neighbouring Medical
Officers of Health I also received copies of notifications
of births of Bethnal Green babies which took place
outside the Borough, information as to 576 live babies
and 29 stillbirths being received in this way.
WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS.