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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

Stepney 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Though the infantile mortality remains at a high figure, it shows a marked and continuous improvement, as is evident by the following table:—

Though the infantile mortality remains at a high figure, it shows a marked and continuous improvement, as is evident by the following table:—

Limehouse District.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel District.The whole Borough.
1899216199161147174
1900227141166140166
1901211185150140165
1902197160163117155
1903165170122138141
1904208161145143158
1905163157140119142
1906168141126123136
1907131130112110119
1908171141117108130
1909133145106104118
1910137120100110 .. 113

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Deaths of Illegitimate Children.
There were 61 deaths of illegitimate children under one year of age during the
year, or at the rate of 326 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
12 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 375 per 1,000 illegitimate
births.
15 belonged to St. Georges-in-the-East, or at the rate of 500 per 1,000 illegitimate
births.
17 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 283 per 1,000 illegitimate
births.
17 belonged to Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 261 per 1,000 illegitimate
births.
Report on the work of the Health Visitor.
A Health Visitor was appointed and she started on her work on February 1st,
1910, in a portion of the Borough where the infantile mortality has been abnormally
high. The average rate of mortality among infants under one year of age to 1,000
registered births in England and Wales was 138 in the ten years 1899-1908. In
1909, it was reduced to 109, which is the lowest rate for any year on record, and is
to be ascribed possibly to favourable weather conditions.