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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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In Limehouse, St. George's and Wapping, the Municipal Health Visitors work
in co-operation with the staff of the Voluntary Societies in these districts.
The area covered by all the Health Visitors working in the Borough includes
the whole of Limehouse, Shadwell, Ratcliffe, St. George-in-the-East and Wapping.
Some of the Jewish mothers in Whitechapel, Spitalfields and Mile End are also
visited. Every mother visited has the opportunity of attending with her baby one
of the numerous Consultations in the Borough, and invitations are also given to
these mothers to attend the classes of instruction, which are held under the
auspices of the Voluntary Societies.
A superintendent of cither Society is in attendance at the School for Mothers,
Commercial Road, and at the office of the St. George-in-the-East and Wapping
Infant Welfare Association on every morning of the week, when mothers who are
needing help, or advice, or practical demonstration in the preparation of food, &c.,
are welcomed.
It is usually the mothers who are attending the Consultations who avail
themselves of this method of obtaining individual instruction.

Table: The number of babies born in Stepney during 1914 that were visited are as follows:—

The number of babies born in Stepney during 1914 that were visited are as follows:—

Visited by Municipal Visitor for Limehouse1,056
,, „ „ St. George-in-the-East (August to December)298
„ St. George-in-the-East Infant Welfare Association Health Visitor (January to July)363
„ Stepney Mothers' Welcome Health Visitor (March to December)2 44
„ Jewish Mothers' and Babies' Welcome Health Visitors1,118

Table: INFANT CONSULTATIONS, 1914.

INFANT CONSULTATIONS, 1914.

Consultations held byNumber of Consultations Held.Number of New Cases brought during 1914.Total attendances during 1914.
Stepney Mothers' and Babies' Welcomes502994,343
St. George - in - the - East and Wapping Infant Welfare Association1852432,151
Sick - Room Helps Society Mothers' Babies Welcome774781,512
Beside the above Societies which are doing so much, there is another that is helping the mothers in Whitechapel.