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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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| Situation. | No. of Beds. | In-patients admitted during the year. | Out-patients No. dealt with during the year. | Purpose. | Management |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Hospital, Whitechapel Road | Male 350 Female 392 Children 84 Other 59 | 14,395 | 99,501 | General and Maternity. | Voluntary. |
| Mile End Hospital Bancroft Road | 465 excluding cots | 7,465 | Ante-natal 959 Post-natal 335 Other 15,041 | General and Maternity. | L.C.C. |
| St. George's-in-the-East Hospital, Raine Street. | 410 excluding cots. | 4,641 | Ante-natal 296 Post-natal 81 Other 9,162 | General. and Maternity. | L.C.C. |
| St. Peter's Hospital, Vallance Road. | 404 excluding cots. | 4,337 | 2,489 | General. | L.C.C. |
| South Grove Institution, South Grove. | 649 | — | — | Public Assistance. | L.C.C. |
| London Jewish Hospital, Stepney Green. | Male 41 Female 51 Children 12 Other 5 | 1,572 | 13,625 | General. | Voluntary. |
| Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, Glamis Road. | Children 135 | 1,958 | 53,439 | General. | Voluntary. |
| East End Maternity Hospital, Commercial Road. | Lying-in 49 Waiting 6 Isolation 1 Labour 4 Observation 3 | 1,492 | 263 | Maternity. | Voluntary. |
| Jewish Maternity Hospital, Underwood Street. | Maternity beds 34 | 557 | Midwifery cases 47 | Maternity. | Voluntary. |
National Health Campaign.—In a message to the country in September,
the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, exhorted the
people to participate in a coming campaign of national importance, namely,
the National Campaign to Encourage the Wider Use of the Health Services
1937/1938. The Minister of Health, the Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, urged
all local authorities to co-operate in this nation-wide effort to improve the
health of the people.
On the 4th May, the Public Health and Maternity and Child
Welfare Committees agreed to co-operate with the Central Council for Health
Education in the Campaign by the distribution of leaflets, display of posters
and the inauguration of lectures and film displays on Public Health and its
services. A feature of the Campaign was the provision of large numbers of
posters and folders free of charge by the Central Council for Health Education
advertising local health services.
The following is an account of the lectures and film displays which took
place up to December:—