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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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treatment is provided by arrangement with the Queen's
Hospital, for children with enlarged tonsils, adenoids or
mastoid disease. Nursing assistance in a variety of
illnesses is also provided through the agency of the
District Nursing Association.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS,
1907 AND 1915.
During the year, 1,570 live births were registered
in the Borough ; and of these 1,548 were notified to
the Medical Officer of Health. There were also 35
stillbirths notified. Of the 1,583 living and stillbirths
notified, 986 were notified by midwives, 363 by
maternity assistants of the London Hospital, 186 by
medical practitioners, and 48 by parents and others.
Through the courtesy of neighbouring Medical
Officers of Health I also received copies of notifications
of births of Bethnal Green babies which took place
outside the Borough, information as to 580 live babies
and 23 stillbirths being received in this way.
WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS.
The following table gives some account of the outdoor work of the Health Visitors so far as this can be expressed in statistics:—
| Visits. | Re-visits. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies (under 1 year) | 2,100 | 11,104 | ||
| Children (1—2 years) | 15 | 28 | 3,488 | 11,621 |
| „ (2—3 years) | 6 | 3,044 | ||
| „ (3—4 years) | 2 | 2,557 | ||
| ,, (4—5 years) | 5 | 2,532 | ||
| Mothers (Ante-natal) | 699 | 350 | ||
| „ (Post-natal) | 22 | 29 | ||
| Stillbirths | 38 | 43 | ||
| Infant Deaths | 57 | 25 | ||
| Maternal Deaths | 4 | — | ||
| Puerperal Fever (41) and Pyrexia | (20) 27 | 34 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 36 | 75 | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 |