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For this purpose a questionnaire was prepared and the Health Visitors
obtained the necessary information on their visits to the mothers concerned.
It was not found possible to obtain answers from more than 2,737 of the 3,118
mothers who were confined during the year, but from the number questioned
it has been possible to draw up interesting figures and percentages.
The object of the questionnaire was to ascertain the degree of ante-natal
supervision each mother had received during her pregnancy. It was thought
the questionnaire might reveal a necessity to establish more ante-natal clinics
in certain districts in the Borough. For purposes of the enquiry, therefore,
the Borough was divided up into six compact districts as follows:—
A. Spitalfields West, Spitalfields East, Mile End New Town, Whitechapel
East and Whitechapel Middle.
B. Whitechapel South, Mile End West and St. George's North.
C. Tower Ward, St. George's in the East South and Shadwell.
D. Mile End North, Mile End Central and Mile End South.
(Note.—Mile End South is the most central part of the Borough.)
E. Ratcliff, Limehouse North and Limehouse South.
F. Mile End North East and Mile End South East.
The answers to the questionnaire elicited the following information
which has been set out in table form below.
No. of Live and Still Births in 1935=3,118.
No. of answers obtained and analysed below=2,737 or 87.7%.