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Stepney 1938

[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.—Homes or Residential Nurseries for Healthy Babies (excluding poor law
institutions):-
(a) Number of such institutions
(i) provided by the Council nil
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations nil
(b) Number of beds in these institutions:-
(i) provided by the Council nil
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations nil
(c) Number of children admitted to these beds during the
year nil
12.—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 194
(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries during the
year, 34,516.

13.—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)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum*10949
(2) Pemphigus NeonatorumNot notifiable---
(3) Puerperal fever88-7
(4) Puerperal pyrexia4141-36
(6) Measles and German measles (in children under 5 years of age)†838‡1,87676194
(6) Whooping Cough (do )8617944
(7) Epidemic Diarrhœa (do.)Not notifiable
(8) Poliomyelitis (do.)333

*Number of cases in which vision, was unimpaired 9, impaired —, or lost —
,, ,, ,, the patient died ... —, removed from district ... 1, or was
still under treatment at the end of the year ... —
,, any other category —.
†Only Measles officially notified by doctors.
‡Includes additional cases brought to notice otherwise than by official notification.