Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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4.—Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, 7.
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary
tions, 9.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year:—
(i) By children under 1 year of age, 32,811.
(ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 23,007.
(d) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first time
during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were :
(i) Under 1 year of age, 2,541.
(ii) Between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 452.
(e) Total number of children who were in attendance at the centres
during the year and who, at the end of the year, were :
(i) Under 1 year of age, 2,277.
(ii) Between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 4,494.
(f) Percentage of total notified live births represented by the number in (d)
(i), 76.7.
5.—Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises):—
(a) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by the Council, 1.
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary
tions, 3.
(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all Clinics during
the year, 17,475.
(d) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Clinics during
the year, 4,180*.
(e) Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by the
number in (d),—.
*These figures include non-residents.
6. —Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
I.
Separate maternity institutions provided by the Council | Institutions (with maternity wards) transferred to the Council under Fart I of the Local Government Act, 1029. | Institutions provided by Voluntary Associations and subsidised by the Council. | |
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Number of Institutions | nil | nil | The Stepney Borough Council make a grant of £100 per annum to the East End Maternity Hospital. |
Number of maternity beds (exclusive of isolation and labour beds) | nil | nil | 56 |
Total number of women admitted to these beds during the year | nil | nil | 1,529 |