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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Visits. | Re-visits. | |
|---|---|---|
| Infant Deaths | 111 | 18 |
| Maternal Deaths | 6 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever (34) and Pyrexia(28) | 22 | 40 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 51 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Other Notifiable Diseases | 18 | 43 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 7 | 8 |
| Measles (1,061) and German Measles (226) | 895 | 392 |
| Whooping Cough | 194 | 283 |
| Other Non-notifiable Diseaes | 9 | 20 |
| Milk Grants | 38 | 1,242 |
| Convalescent Treatment | 15 | 11 |
| Other matters | 119 | 238 |
| Futile Visits | 180 | 2,243 |
| Total Visits | 4,687 | 28,983 |
| Grand Total 33,670 | ||
The Council is able, through the Health Visitors, to
render considerable assistance to the London Hospital
Maternity Charity by reporting on the home conditions
and preparations of expectant mothers who have booked
with that hospital for midwifery services. Liaison
also exists with the L.C.C. School Medical Service,
our child welfare record cards being transferred to the
District Medical Officer as the children attain the age
of 5.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
CENTRES.
The popularity of the Council's Centre in
Cornwall Road was maintained during the year.
There were 153 sessions for infant consultations and
114 sessions in connection with the Maternity Clinic.
Other work carried on at the Centre in connection with
the Special Clinic for Delicate Children, massage, milk
grants, etc., will be found under these separate headings.
The auxiliary Centre at Thornton Hall, Mount
Street, was in use on Monday afternoons throughout