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Stepney 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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(b) The Whitechapel School for Mothers at St. Olaves Hall, Buxton Street.
This Centre deals with some of the non-Jewish cases in Whitechapel, and is under
the control of a whole time superintendent who visits the homes. This Centre was
opened in August, 1915, and during the last five months of the year, 43 new cases
were brought to the Centre.
No. 4 area.—East of Sidney Street and Cambridge Road. There is no Voluntary
Organisation which deals with Jewish cases and only one which deals with non-Jewish
cases. This Centre is situated in Emmott Street at the corner of Harford Street. It
is affiliated to the Mothers' Welcome, Commercial Road, and works in co-operation
with the Public Health Department. All the visits are made by Voluntary Health
Visitors. It has only been recently started.

The numbers of babies visited at their homes are as follows :—

Limehouse—
Visited by the Municipal Visitor1,097
„ Stepney Mothers' Welcome Health Visitor356
St. George-in-the-East—
Non-Jewish cases. Visited by Municipal Visitor601
Jewish cases. Visited by Jewish Health Visitor521
Mile End—
Jewish cases. Jewish Voluntary Society Visitor201
Whitechapel—
Jewish cases. Jewish Voluntary Society Visitor310
Non-Jewish cases. (Whitechapel School for Mothers)68

Number of babies seen at the Infant Consultation Centres :—

Number of Consultations held.Number of New Cases Registered.Total attendanc in 1915.
St . George's Centres1912342,157
Camperdown House1250309
Whitechapel School for Mothers (August to December)1143239
Minories Dining Centre46152437
Sick Room Helps Society, 24, Underwood Street866372,597
Mothers' Welcome, Commercial Road512431,391

These results compare favourably on the whole with those of the previous year