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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

Bethnal Green 1913

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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REPORT OF THE HEALTH VISITOR.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Bethnal Green.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I have the honour to present to you a short account
of the work done by me in this Borough for the year 1913.
It has been almost entirely that entailed by the working
of the Notification of Births Act.

Table: The total number of births notified was 3,662; the notifications being received from:

The total number of births notified was 3,662; the notifications being received from:

Doctors959
Midwives1,210
London Hospital1,002
Infirmary and Workhouse61
Relatives326
Outlying Institutions22
Whom not stated82
3,662