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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 1915

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE HEALTH
VISITORS.
The number of births registered as occurring in
the Borough during the year was 3,314, the number of
notifications received under the Notification of Births
Act, 1907, being 3,267. Only one notification is sent
in cases of multiple births, so that, if the number of
notifications is adjusted in accordance with these, 3,308
births wers notified against 3,314 registered.

Table: The following table gives details of the notifications and of the attendances at birth:—

The following table gives details of the notifications and of the attendances at birth:—

By whom attended in confinement.By whom notified.
Doctors in private practice975815
Midwives1,2051,249
London Hospital Maternity Assistants, Students and Nurses992992
Institution Midwives3080
Relatives—160
Institution Doctors99
Various5612