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Stepney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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(d) Total number of such cases sent by the Council during the year to other
homes for mothers and babies, nil.
* Including any beds for convalescent cases of these classes in institutions
transferred to the Council under Part I. of the Local Government Act, 1929.
10.—Day Nurseries.
(a) Number of day nurseries:—
(i) provided by the Council, nil.
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations, 5.
(b) Number of places for children under 5 years of age in the nurseries:—
(i) provided by the Council, nil.
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations, 196.
(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries during the
year:—
(i) whole day, 30,958.
(ii) half-day, nil.
11.—Infectious Diseases
| Disease. | Number of cases notified during the year. | Number of cases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council. | Number of cases removed to hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 23 | 23 | 12 | 11 |
| (2) Pemphigus Neonatorum | — | 3 | 3 | nil. |
| (3) Puerperal fever | 8 | 8 | — | 8 |
| (4) Puerperal pyrexia | 35 | 35 | 5 | 30 |
| (5) Measles and german measles (in children under 5 years of age) | - | 494 j | 15 | 212 |
| (6) Whooping Cough (do.) | — | — | — | — |
| (7) Epidemic diarrhœa (do.) | — | — | — | — |
| (8) Poliomyelitis (do.) | 3 | 3 | — | 8 |
12.—Home Nursing.
(a) Number of nurses employed at the end of the year for the nursing of
expectant mothers and children under 5 years of age, maternity
nursing, or the nursing of puerperal fever:—
(i) by the Council, nil.
(ii) by Voluntary Associations, nil.
(b) Total number of cases attended during the year by these nurses, nil.