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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
Stepney 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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INDEX.
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I. Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 6
II. General Provision of Health Services 17
III. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 44
IV. Housing 68
V. Inspection and Supervision of Food 74
VI. Prevalence of and Control over Infectious and other Diseases 97
VII. Statistics provided by the Registrar General 114
After care, Tuberculosis 29
Aged persons, removal of 67
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 75
Analyst's Report 81-96
Ante-Natal Clinics - 35-37
Anthrax 102
Area of Borough - 6
Bacteriological Examinations 17
Bakehouses 63, 75
Baths and Washhouses 20-22
Births 6-8
Births Act, Notification of 8
Bishopsgate Goods Station 77
Butcher Shops and Stalls 75
Butter Factories 75
Canal Boats Acts 62
Cancer 11,100
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 99
Chicken Pox 98
Cleansing of persons 60
Committees, List of Members 2
Complaints of nuisances 58
Convalescent Treatment 38, 43
Cowsheds 60, G5
Creches, List of 35
Dairies and Milkshops 74
Day Nurseries 39
Deaths 8-16
Dental Clinic 33
Diarrhœa 12
Diphtheria 97
Diphtheritic Serum 97
(6) BIRTH.RATE, DEATH.RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1932. (Provisional figures.) (The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population but for London and the towns to civilians only.)
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Birhts. | Percent3ge of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still.births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | T otalDeaths under one year. | Certified by RegisteredMedical Practitioners. | Inquest cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 0.66 | 12.0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 6.6 | 65 | 91.1 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.4 | 0.70 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 8.9 | 69 | 91.3 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 126 Smaller Towns Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000.50,000 at Census 1931 | 15.4 | 0.69 | 10.8 | 0.00 | - | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 4.5 | 58 | 91.9 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| London | 14.2 | 0.51 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 12.6 | 66 | 89.4 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows | per 1,000 Live Births | Puerperal Sepsis 1.61 | . Other 2.63 | s. | Total. 4.24 | ||||||||||||
| „ Total Births | 1.54 | 2.52 | 4.06 | ||||||||||||||