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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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S.D. 52.A.
(1) Estimated Mid-year Resident Population (b)
(2) LIVE BIRTHS.
| Live Births registered (excluding re-registrations) | Inward transfers | Outward transfers | Live Births allocated to the Borough | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Live Births (Legitimate and Illegitimate) | Males | 2,573 | 77 | 1,211 | 1,439 |
| Females | 2,385 | 75 | 1,140 | 1,320 | |
| Illegitimate Live Births | Males | 58 | 11 | 13 | 56 |
| Females | 37 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
(3) STILLBIRTHS.
| Stillbirths registered | Inward transfers | Outward transfers | Stillbirths allocated to the Borough | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1 Stillbirths (Legitimate and Illegitimate) | Males | 97 | 4 | 44 | 57 |
| Females | 79 | 2 | 33 | 48 | |
| Illegitimate Stillbirths | Males | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Females | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
(4) NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(number of cases notified during the 53 weeks ended 2nd January, 1938)
| Smallpox | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Enteric fever | Pneumonia | Puerperal fever | Pueperal pyrexia | Erysipelas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 378 | 645 | 5 | 279 | 7 | 33 | 118 |
| (5) Area Comparability Factor, applicable to the "All Causes" crude death rate only 1.17 | |||||||