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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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MATERNITY MORTALITY IN LONDON BOROUGHS, 1938.
| Borough or City. | Rate per 1,000 live births. | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal sepsis. | Other causes. | Total. | Puerperal sepsis. | Other causes. | Total. | |
| West Districts. | ||||||
| Paddington | 0.53 | 1.06 | 1.59 | 0.51 | 1.02 | 1.53 |
| Kensington | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Hammersmith | 0.00 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 1.04 | 1.04 |
| Fulham | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
| Chelsea | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| Westminster | 1.9 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| North Districts. | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 0.00 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 0.00 | 2.41 | 2.41 |
| Hampstead | 0.00 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| St. Pancras | 0.00 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.00 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Islington | 1.12 | 1.56 | 2.68 | 1.08 | 1.52 | 2.60 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Hackney | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.35 |
| Central Districts. | ||||||
| Holborn | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.76 | 3.76 |
| Finsbury | 0.00 | 4.05 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 3.84 | 3.84 |
| City of London | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| East Districts. | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 0.85 | 1.69 | 2.54 | 0.82 | 1.64 | 2.46 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.76 | 0.76 | 1.52 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 1.47 |
| Stepney | 1.145 | 1.145 | 2.29 | 1 .11 | 1 .11 | 2.22 |
| Poplar | 1.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 1.45 | 0.97 | 2.42 |
| South Districts. | ||||||
| Southwark | 0.00 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
| Bermondsey | 0.00 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 2.71 | 2.71 |
| Lambeth | 0.52 | 1.30 | 1.82 | 0.50 | 1.26 | 1.76 |
| Battersea | 2.37 | 0.47 | 2.84 | 2.30 | 0.46 | 2.76 |
| Wandsworth | 0.49 | 2.71 | 3.20 | 0.47 | 2.63 | 3.11 |
| Camberwell | 0.32 | 2.25 | 2.57 | 0.31 | 2.18 | 2.49 |
| Deptford | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Greenwich | 0.00 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Lewisham | 1.56 | 0.62 | 2.19 | 1.52 | 0.61 | 2.13 |
| Woolwich | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.47 |
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 1938.
1.—Population of the area served by the Council as Welfare Authority:—
200,500.
2.—Number of births notified in that area during the year under 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, 2,670. (b) Still births, 76. (c) Total, 2,746.
(d) By midwives, 2,560. (e) By doctors and parents, 186.