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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
Finsbury 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Below I have indicated the number of cases attended by the municipal home helps since the beginning of the scheme in 1929.
| Year. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 11 | ||
| 1930 | 57 | ||
| 1931 | 118 | ||
| 1932 | 122 | ||
| 1933 | 101 | ||
| 1934 | 55 | ||
| 1935 | 98 | ||
| 1936 | 124 | ||
| 1937 | 145 | ||
| 1938 | 166 |
Home helps are supplied both during the ante-natal and postnatal
periods.
Maternal Mortality.
This measures the death rate of mothers due to and associated
with child-bearing. It is expressed as a number per 1,000 births,
because it is assumed that each time a birth occurs the mother's
life may theoretically be presumed to be in peril.
The following table sets forth the maternal death rates for Finsbury for the past eight years under the two headings (1) from Puerperal Sepsis, (2) from Puerperal Sepsis and other Puerperal causes:—
| From Puerperal Sepsis. (Rates per 1,000 live births.) | From Puerperal Sepsis andother Puerperal Causes. (Rates per 1,000 live births.) Total Puerperal Mortality. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Finsbury. | London. | England & Wales. | Finsbury. | London. | England & Wales. |
| 1928 | 1.36 | 1.59 | 1.79 | 3.40 | 3.48 | 4.42 |
| 1929 | 0.73 | 1.88 | 1.80 | 2.18 | 3.49 | 4.33 |
| 1930 | 1.54 | 1.93 | 1.92 | 8.47 | 3.21 | 4.40 |
| 1931 | 0.79 | 2.01 | 1.66 | 3.96 | 3.68 | 4.11 |
| 1932 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 1.61 | 0.00 | 2.90 | 4.21 |
| 1933 | 0.00 | 1.69 | 1.83 | 1.98 | 3.54 | 4.51 |
| 1934 | 0.00 | 1.34 | 2.03 | 0.00 | 2.71 | 4.60 |
| 1935 | 1.07 | 1.17 | 1.68 | 1.07 | 2.52 | 4.10 |
| 1936 | 1.19 | 0.75 | 1.40 | 1.19 | 1.98 | 3.81 |
| 1937 | 0.00 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 1.23 | 2.29 | 3.11 |
| 1938 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 1.35 | 1.91 | 3.08 |
* Not available.