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Stepney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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(b) Total number of expectant mothers ante-
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 supplied 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. | Expectant mothers. | Nursing mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | |
| Free, or at less than cost price, in necessitous 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 quantity of milk supplied during the year to expectant and
nursing mothers and young children
(i) By the Council—Dried milk 7,258½ packets. Liquid milk
27,443½ gallons. Virol, etc. 3,311 lbs.
(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.
I.
| 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 End 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 | 28 |
| Number of beds (included in the figures above) allocated to, and reserved for, expectant mothers in need of hospital treatment | nil | nil | - |
| Total number of women admitted to these beds during the year. | - | - | — |
II.
Number of women (if any) sent by the Council during the year to other
Maternity Institutions, nil.