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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
Finsbury 1923
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923
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The number of Finsbury births reported as illegitimate was
60.
The number of deaths in illegitimate children under one
year was four.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 AND 1915. The statistics for the last five years are given in the accompanying table.
| Year | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
| Total Births notified .. | 3,297 | 4,200 | 3,694 | 3,510 | 3,421 |
| Percentage attended by Doctors | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Percentage attended by Midwives | 27.0 | 31.3 | 43.4 | 28.4 | 27.5 |
| Still Births notified | 24 | 70 | 55 | 59 | 51 |
| Births registered | 1,582 | 2,540 | 1.973 | 1,934 | 1,844 |
The number of Finsbury births notified in 1923 was 1,845.
Notifications were received of 26 sets of twins and one set of
triplets. The percentage of births notified by parents was 5.9,
by medical men 2.4, by midwives 27.5, by hospitals, infirmaries
and nursing homes 17.3, and by others, chiefly medical students
and midwifery students was 46.9 per cent. The mothers of this
last group were all attended gratuitously in their confinements by
medical students and student midwives from various hospitals
and institutions. In 1923 the number of instances in which
parents omitted to notify was 88. To these a printed form was
sent drawing attention to the omission.
The East Finsbury Maternity and Infant Welfare
Centre, 162, Lever Street.—
The work and classes at the Maternity and Child Welfare
Centre, 162, Lever Street, in 1923, were as follows :—
Monday Mothers' clinic, 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Dental clinic, 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m..
alternate weeks.