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

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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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102
The twins born numbered 45 sets:
13 sets of boys.
12 sets of girls.
20 sets of boy and girl.
45
Information as to the infant being living or still-born
was not given (although asked for on the notification
cards) in 620 instances.
Information that the child was still-born was given in
the case of 69 boys and 46 girls and in 2 where the sex was
not stated.
The total number of still-births notified was 117. Of
these four were male twins and two female twins.
During the Year the Cases Visited were:
After notification of birth 2,065
Special Visits: Illness, poverty, and
enquiries after infant deaths 252
Re-visits 431
Total number of visits 2,748
2,716 mothers have attended at the Town Hall to
obtain advice and have their babies weighed. I feel that
this part of our work is doing much good; moreover, it
enables me to have the babies continually under