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Shoreditch 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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13.
MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1950.
No maternal death was recorded during the year.

Table: The maternal mortality rates in England and Wales and in Shoreditch, during the past seven years are given below

The maternal mortality rates in England and Wales and in Shoreditch, during the past seven years are given below

Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births
1950194919481947194619451944
England and Wales0.860.981.021.171.471.842.00
ShoreditchNil1.131.17Nil2.011.433. 02

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CANCER.
The deaths from cancer in the Borough during the year numbered 96 as
compared with 111 in 1949.
BURIAL OF THE DEAD
Under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, the Borough Council
is responsible for arranging for the burial or cremation of any person who has
died or been found dead in their area, and where no other suitable arrangements
for burial have been made or are being made. During the year 7 burials
were carried out.
III. - INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
During the year the number of notifications received (excluding tuberculosis
and food poisoning) was 761. Of these cases 39 were found not to be
suffering from the disease stated on the certificate, which gives a corrected
number of 722 oases for the year.
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION.
No case of smallpox occurred in the Borough during the year and no
vaccinations were performed by the Medical Officer of Health under the Public
Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.