London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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328 births occurred in the London Hospital:—
72 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
31 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
20 belonged to the Limehouse District.
50 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
155 belonged to outlying districts.
25 births occurred in the St. George's Infirmary:—
23 belonged to St. George's and 2 to Mile End.
24 births occurred in the Mile End Infirmary:—
23 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
1 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
72 births occurred in the Whitechapel Infirmary:—
37 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
2 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
2 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
2 belonging to the Limehouse district.
29 belonged to outlying districts.
212 births occurred at 24, Underwood Street:—
38 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
45 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
23 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
106 belonged to outlying districts.
8 births belonging to this Borough occurred in the Poplar and Stepney Sick
Asylum, 7 belonging to Limehouse and 1 to' Mile End. 5 occurred
in the Bromley House Institution, all belonging to the Limehouse
District.
28 births belonging to the Borough of Stepney occurred in the City of London
Lying-in Hospital; 6 in Queen Charlotte's Hospital; 1 in the General
Lying-in Hospital; 1 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital; 1 in the
Middlesex Hospital; 5 in Poplar Workhouse; 2 in the Holborn
Workhouse; 1 each in Lambeth, St. Thomas's Hospital,
University College Hospital, St. George's Hospital, Bristol Infirmary
and Cardiff Workhouse, and 6 in private houses outside the district.
There were 71 births among refugees, most of which occurred at 24, Underwood
Street. 55 of the mothers came from Antwerp, 10 from Paris, 2 from
Ostend, 1 from Brussels, 1 from Rouen, 1 from Warsaw, and 1 from
Berlin.