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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: In the case of the 219 gravid women, the following were the periods of gestation:—

In the case of the 219 gravid women, the following were the periods of gestation:—

15 were in the 2nd month
20 „ „ „ 3rd ,,
35 „ „ „ 4th „
32 „ „ „ 5th „
51 ,, ,, ,, 6th ,,
33 „ „ „ 7th „
25 „ „ „ 8th
8 „ ,, ,, 9th ,,
An analysis of these cases shows:—
Full-term confinements150
Premature births6
Miscarriages (5) ; Stillbirths (6)11
Pregnancy terminated1
Not yet confined45
Left Borough (results unknown)7
The known confinements took place:—
101 at home, and
52 in institutions.

Table: The results of the cases brought forward from 1937 were as follows:—

The results of the cases brought forward from 1937 were as follows:—

Full-time confinements69
Premature Birth2
Stillbirth1
Not pregnant1

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Dr. R. C. Townshend reports on the work of the
Maternity Clinic, as follows:—
Report to the Medical Officer of Health on the Cornwall Avenue
Ante-Natal Clinic for the year 1938.
I am glad again to be able to report that there has not
been a single death among the mothers attending the Clinic
during the year, and also to record that there has been an
increase in the attendance of mothers recently confined.
With regard to the miscarriages, two patients were
treated in hospital, and two by their own doctor. All the
patients were multigravidæ, and no definite cause was
assigned, though it may be noted that in four cases the
patients were suffering from anaemia.