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Leyton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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101
SECTION 29
DOMESTIC HELP.

Table: Five years have now elapsed since Leyton Council, the then Maternity and Child Welfare Authority, extended their scheme for domestic help by including the provision of domestic help in necessitous cases other than mothers and infants; and some idea of the increase in the work may be gathered from these figures:—

Five years have now elapsed since Leyton Council, the then Maternity and Child Welfare Authority, extended their scheme for domestic help by including the provision of domestic help in necessitous cases other than mothers and infants; and some idea of the increase in the work may be gathered from these figures:—

YearNumber of Cases
MaternityOtherTotal
194721127238
194816285247
1949168214382
1950136464600
1951119564683

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It will be seen that, whereas there has been no increase—in
fact, a substantial decrease—in the annual number of maternity
cases, the number of cases other than maternity has been increasing
each year.
Summary of Cases Helped during 1951.
Maternity. Other. Total.
No. of cases dealt with 119 564 683
The following list shows the disabilities from which the 683
applicants were suffering, and the number of cases in each category.
Disability. No. of Cases.
Maternity 119
General debility 16
Post operative debility 21
Heart disease 85
Bronchitis 35
Arthritis 56
Senility 77
Cerebral haemorrhage 15