London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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SUMMARY OF WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS, 1914 Number of Birth Notifications, 3,491.
| Notifications were sent in by— | |
|---|---|
| Doctors | 867 |
| Midwives | 1,167 |
| London Hospital | 1,134 |
| Infirmary and Workhouse | 37 |
| Relatives | 216 |
| Outlying Institutions | 53 |
| Whom not stated | 17 |
| 3,491 |
The mothers were attended at their confinements by:—
| Doctors in | 1,062 cases. |
| Midwives in | 1,185 „ |
| London Hospital Students and Nurses in | 1,029 „ |
| Whom not stated in | 20 ,, |
| Maternity assistants of the London Hospital | 105 ,, |
| Midwives in the Infirmary | 37 ,, |
| Midwives in other Institutions | 53 ,, |
| 3,491 cases. |
Forty-eight of the notifications were twin births,
bringing the total of infants born up to 3,539.