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Stepney 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Ante-natal. Post-natal.
(i) Number of Clinics provided and maintained
by the Council 2 2
(ii) Number of Clinics provided and maintained
by Voluntary Associations 3 3
(iii) Total number of attendances at all Clinics
during the year 24,022 2,216
(iv) Total number of women who attended at
the Clinics during the year* 5,277 1,208
(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.
(a) Arrangements made for this service:—
| Terms of Supply. | Milk. | Meals suppled 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. | Expetant mothers. | Nursing mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | |
| Free, or at less than cost price, in neccessitous 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 |
(b) Total quantify of milk supplied during the year to expectant and
nursing mothers and young children:—
(i) By the Council—Dried milk 8120£ packets. Liquid milk 32562 3/8
gallons.
(ii) by Voluntary Associations operating in the area of the Council
(supplied through the Borough Council's scheme (i) above).
7.—Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
| 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 grant of £100 per annum to the East Eud 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 | 26 |
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.