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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

London County Council 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.The number and percentage of stillbirths and of multiple births notified in 1910 (uncorrectedfor institutions) is shown in the following table:—

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

The number and percentage of stillbirths and of multiple births notified in 1910 (uncorrected

for institutions) is shown in the following table:—

Metropolitan borough.Total births notified.Still-births.Percentage stillborn.Multiple births.Percentage of mothers delivered of more than one child at a birth.
Twins.Triplets.Total born.
Cases.Stillborn.Cases.Stillborn.
One.both.One.Two.Three
Paddington2,736722.640-21---831.5
Kensington2,778451.6334-----661.2
Hammersmith2,3215725162-----320.7
Fulham3,333641.921-----40.1
Chelsea1,054222.11511----301.4
Westminster, City of1,676482.9241-l1--511.5
St. Marylebone4,076641.6395-----781.0
Hampstead1,220221.8152-----301.2
St. Pancras4,6331192.6575-----1141.2
Islington7,572243327594----1501.0
Stoke Newington80660.731-----60.4
Hackney5,4381402.687442---1801.7
Holborn1,30639301621----321.2
Finsbury3,552792.2387-1---83a1.1
London, City of21262.842-----81.9
Shoreditch3,299652.0333-----661.0
Bethnal Green3,725802.1523-2--l1101.5
Stepney8,7922032.3123522---2521.4
Poplar4,5571022.2436-3---951.0
Southwark6,0481372.35852----1161.0
Bermondsey3,886360.9451-1-1-931.2
Lambeth7,3231161.6646-----1280.9
Battersea3,013521.744------881.5
Wandsworth4,371781.8383-1-1-790.9
Camberwell5,7991562.7491-----980.9
Deptford2,733421.520112---460.8
Greenwich2,636341.3233-1---490.9
Lewisham3,460912.6444-----881.3
Woolwich2,712943.52311---460.9
London105,0672,3122.31,12388181712i2,301a1.1

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Stillbirths
and multiple
births, 1910.
The annual reports of medical officers of health show that in the large majority of districts considerable
effort is made to ensure the proper feeding and care of infants by visiting houses in which
births have occurred. In some two.thirds of the London districts consultation centres have been
provided to which infants can be taken, and in about one-third of the districts steps are taken to assist
in the proper feeding of expectant and nursing mothers. In the early part of 1911 enquiry was
made for the Council by Dr. Wanklyn as to the measures adopted in the several districts, and the
information thus obtained is given in the following table. The need for the services of health visitors
Infantile
mortality.

Table: is especially urged in the report of the medical officer of health of Islington, where, as will be observed, no advantage is taken of the Notification of Births Act.

is especially urged in the report of the medical officer of health of Islington, where, as will be observed, no advantage is taken of the Notification of Births Act.

Metropolitan borough.No. of health visitors.No. of women sanitary inspectors.Proportion of infants visited to total registered births.Consultation centres-Feeding of expectant or nursing mothers.
Paddington-273%YesYes.
Kensington22About 65%YesYes.
Hammersmith1-75%NoNo.
Fulham-1About 25%YesYes.
Chelsea-155%YesYes.
Westminster, City of-294%NoNo.
St. Marylebone-380%YesYes.
Hampstead-245%YesYes.
St. Pancras-221%YesYes.
Islington-2NoneNoNo.
Stoke Newington-150%YesYes.
Hackney1221%YesNo.
Holborn-175%No.No.
Finsbury2141%YesNo.
London, City of-3100%YesYes.
At P.H. Dept. weighing station

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(a) In addition there was in Finsbury a case of quadruplets, none stillborn.
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