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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 & 1915.
During the year 2,864 births were notified, 2.797
being live births and 67 stillbirths. This number
includes notifications of Bethnal Green births taking
place in maternity institutions outside the Borough,
the notifications being usually transmitted by the
Medical Officer of Health of the Borough in which the
birth took place. It will be seen that out of 2,981
births of living children, 2.797 were notified. Of
these, 1,816 were notified by midwives, 454 by maternity
assistants of the London Hospital, 321 by
doctors, and 206 by parents and others.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
CENTRES.
During the year 14,446 attendances of infants
were recorded at the Centres. Of these, 1,623 were
new cases brought to the Centres during the year, and
349 expectant or nursing mothers were seen for the
first time.
The Medical Officers in charge saw 9,541 of the
infants, and held 710 ante-natal and other consultations
with expectant and nursing mothers.
8,302 attendances in connection with the supply
of milk and food on the ground of necessitous circumstances
were dealt with during the year.
Three of the Council's Centres (namely, 49, Green
Street;26,Preston Street; and St.Andrew's Institute),
were closed in May upon the opening of the new
Centre in Cornwall Road. The Centre at Thornton
Hall was retained until September, when, after a
temporary suspension, it was reopened for one session
per week only, the mothers attending this Centre
being given the option of attending the new Centre
on another afternoon.
The new Centre, which was formally opened by
the Mayor (Councillor J. J. Vaughan) on the 29th
May, contains 3 consulting rooms, 2 weighing and