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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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MATERNITY MORTALITY IN LONDON BOROUGHS, 1937.
| Rate per 1,000 live births. | Rate per 1,000 live and still births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal sepsis. | Other causes. | Total. | Puerperal sepsis. | Other Causes | Total. | |
| West Districts. | ||||||
| Paddington | 1.06 | 3.17 | 4.23 | 1.02 | 3.06 | 4.08 |
| Kensington | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Hammersmith | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Fulham | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Chelsea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Westminster | 3.9 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 8.4 |
| North Districts. | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 2.33 | 2.33 | 4.66 | 2.23 | 2.23 | 4.46 |
| Hampstead | 0.98 | 1.97 | 2.95 | 0.956 | 1.91 | 2.87 |
| St. Pancras | 2.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Islington | 1.99 | 1.11 | 3.10 | 1.94 | 1.07 | 3.01 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Hackney | 0.34 | 1.04 | 1.39 | 0.33 | 1.01 | 1.34 |
| Central Districts. | ||||||
| Holborn | 3.57 | 0.0 | 3.57 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Finsbury | 0.0 | 2.46 | 2.46 | 0.0 | 2.40 | 2.40 |
| City of London | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| East Districts. | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 0.82 | 2.45 | 3.27 | 0.79 | 2.38 | 3.17 |
| Bethnal Green | 1.59 | 0.79 | 2.38 | 1.53 | 0.77 | 2.3 |
| Stepney | 0.72 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.69 | 1.74 | 2.4 |
| Poplar | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.94 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.92 |
| South Districts. | ||||||
| Southwark | 0.46 | 2.77 | 2.33 | 0.45 | 2.68 | 3.13 |
| Bermondsey | 0.0 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.0 | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| Lambeth | 1.29 | 0.77 | 2.06 | 1.24 | 0.74 | 1.98 |
| Battersea | 0.0 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 0.0 | 1.81 | 1.81 |
| Wandsworth | 0.76 | 2.53 | 3.29 | 0.73 | 2.45 | 3.18 |
| Camberwell | 0.95 | 0.95 | 1.90 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 1.84 |
| Deptford | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Greenwich | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.0 | 0.72 |
| Lewisham | 0.33 | 0.99 | 1.32 | 0.32 | 0.96 | 1.27 |
| Woolwich | 0.0 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 0.0 | 1.35 | 1.35 |
Maternity and Child Welfare Services (Form M.C.W. 96 revised).—Return
(1) showing the arrangements made for maternity and child welfare by the
Council and by Voluntary Associations providing maternity and child welfare
services in respect of which the Council pay contributions under Section 101
of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise; and (2) giving particulars
of the work done during the year 1937.
1.—Population of the area served by the Council:—203,100.
2.—Number of births notified in that area during the year under the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1936,
or Section 255 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, as adjusted by
any transferred notifications :
(a) Live births, 2,849. (b) Still births, 109. (c) Total, 2,958.
(d) By midwives, 2,685. (e) By doctors and parents, 273.