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Stepney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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(f) Percentage of notified live births represented by the number in (d)
(i), 77.59.
5.—Ante-natal and Post-natal Services.
(a) Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare
Centres or at other premises):—
(i) Number of Clinics provided and maintained Ante-natal. Post-natal.
by the Council 2 2
(ii) Number of Clinics provided and maintained
by Voluntary Associations 3 2
(iii) Total number of attendances at all Clinics
during the year 24,231 1,423
(iv) Total number of women who attended at the
Clinics during the year* 6,476 1,396
(b) Total number of expectant mothers
natally examined and of cases post-natally
examined during the year, under arrangements
made by the Council with private
medical practitioners, excluding cases
included under 5 (a) (iv) nil. nil.
(c) Percentage of total notified births (live and
still) represented by the total numbers of
women shown under 5 (a) (iv) and 5 (b) — —
*Figures in 5 (a) (iv) include women not residing in Stepney.
6.—Supply of Milk and Food.
Terms of Supply.
Milk.
Meals supplied at Dining Centres.
Other Food.
Expectant
mothers.
Nursing
mothers.
Children
under 5
years of age.
Expectant
mothers.
Nursing
mothers.
Children
under 5
years of age.
Expectant
mothers.
Nursing
mothers.
Children
under 5
years of age.
Free, or at less than
cost price, in necessitous
cases.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
At cost price in other
cases (e.g., sale of
dried milk at Centres)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No.
No.
No.
Yes
Yes
Yes
7.—Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
I.
Separate maternity
institutions provided
by the
Council
Institutions (with
maternity wards) transferred
to the Council
under Part I of the
Local Government Act,
1929.
Institutions provided
by
Voluntary Associations
and subsidised by the
Council.
Number of Institutions
nil
nil
The council make a frant of
£100 per annum to the East
End Maternity Hospital.
Number of maternity
beds (exclusive of isolation
and labour beds)
nil
nil
1
Total number of women
admitted to these beds
during the year
nil
nil
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II.
Number of women (if any) sent by the Council during the year to other
Maternity Institutions, nil.
8.—Homes and Hospitals for Sick or Ailing Children under 5 years of age.