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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Anaemia and Malnutrition | 6 |
| Carcinoma of Breast | 1 |
| Contracted Pelvis | 2 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 |
| Endocarditis | 8 |
| Epilepsy | 3 |
| Hyperthyroidism | 3 |
| Myocarditis | 7 |
| Nephritis | 2 |
| Neurasthenia | 11 |
| Recurrent adherent Placenta | 1 |
| ,, Toxaemia of Pregnancy | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 5 |
| Total | 53 |
| Anæmia and Debility | 4 |
| Arthritis | 1 |
| Neurasthenia | 2 |
| No physical signs | 6 |
| Total | 13 |
| Failure of technique | 3 |
| By own wish and at own risk | 2 |
| Total | 5 |
BOROUGH MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
The Borough Midwife had 22 bookings carried
forward from 1933. During 1934, 106 bookings were
received, and 24 cases remained on the books at the
end of the year. The following figures show the work
of the Borough Midwife during the year :
Bookings carried forward 22
„ received in 1934 106
128