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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
Leyton 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following figures show the infantile, neonatal and stillbirths mortality rates during the last five years.
| Year. | Live Births. | Deaths under | Mortality Rate. | Stillbirths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1000 (live and still) Births. | ||||||
| 1 year. | 4 weeks. | Infantile. | Neo natal. | ||||
| 1944 | 1,613 | 68 | 31 | 42.15 | 19.21 | 54 | 32.39 |
| 1945 | 1,474 | 52. | 26 | 35.27 | 17.63 | 34 | 22.54 |
| 1946 | 2,223 | 64 | 47 | 28.78 | 2 .14 | 53 | 23.24 |
| 1947 | 2,359 | 78 | 45 | 33.06 | 19.07 | 42 | 17.49 |
| 1948 | 1,810 | 38 | 22 | 20.99 | 12.15 | 27 | 14.69 |
Day Nurseries.
Categories of Children Admitted. The selection of
children for admission to the two Day Nurseries (Knotts Green
and Ellingham Road) in the Borough is in accordance with the
following resolutions passed by Leyton Corporation while acting
as the local Maternity and Child Welfare Authority:—
1. Council Minute 1179—March, 1946.
RESOLVED That, during the period of transition from
war to normal peace-time conditions, preference be given
to the children of:
(i) Employed unmarried mothers who wish to keep
their babies with them when not at work;
(ii) Employed widows;
(iii) Mothers employed in industries vital to production
for essential home needs and for export; and
(iv) Mothers who are ill or being confined.
2. Council Minute 2509—July, 1946.
Further to Minute No. 2204, June, 1946, the Medical Officer
of Health reported with regard to the circumstances of children
already attending the Day Nurseries and of those on the waiting
lists and requested the Committee's instructions regarding (a) the
category to which the following types of mothers should be
allocated, viz.: (i) divorced from; (ii) separated from; (iii) deserted
by their husbands; and (iv) those who have children of whom
their husbands are not the fathers; and (b) the category in which
motherless children should be placed.