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Stepney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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(d) Total number of cases admitted to these homes during the year:—
(i) expectant mothers nil
(ii) mothers and babies nil
(iii) babies nil
(e) Total number of such cases sent by the Council during the year to
other homes for mothers and babies nil
11.—Day Nurseries.
(a) Number of Day Nurseries:—
(i) provided by the Council nil
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations 5
(b) Number of places for children under 5 years of age in the nurseries:—
(i) provided by the Council nil
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations 195
(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries during the
year, 36,055.
12.—Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified during the year. | Number of cases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council. | Number of cases removed to hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | *14 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| (2) Pemphigus Neonatorum | Not notifiable | 2 | 1 | — |
| (3) Puerperal fever | 7 | 7 | — | 6 |
| (4) Puerperal pyrexia | 33 | 33 | — | 33 |
| (5) Measles and German measles (in children under 5 years of age) | 59 | 180 | 1 | 19 |
| (6) Whooping Cough (do.) | Not notifiable | — | — | — |
| (7) Epidemic Diarrhœa (do.) | Not notifiable | - | — | — |
| (8) Poliomyelitis (do.) | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Polio encephalitis | 1 | - | - | 1 |
*Number of cases in which vision was unimpaired 12, impaired —, or lost —
„ ,, ,, the patient died —, removed from district 2, or was
„ „ still under treatment at the end of the year —
,, „ any other category —.