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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1940.
AREA OF BOROUGH (in acres) 1902.766
POPULATION (Registrar-General's ostimate) 136,030
LIVE BIRTHS
Total. M F
Legitimate 2040 1009 1031 Birth rate per 1000 of the
Illegitimate 104 53 51 estimated resident population
2144 1082 1082 15.7
STILL BIRTHS. 97 61 36 Rate per 1000 total (Live and
Total births. 2241 1123 1118 still) births 41.2
DEATHS. 2729 1532 1197 Death rate per 1000 of the
estimated resident population
20.0
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES. Rate per 1000 total (live and
Puerperal sepsis 2 still) births 0.95
Other puerperal causes 3 1.44
5 2.39
DEATH-RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGS:-
All infants per 1000 live births43.1
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births 40.7
Illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate live births 86.5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 292
„ „ Measles „ „ NIL
„ „ Whooping Cough fall ages)NIL
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of ago) 10
RATES FOR ENGLAND. WALES AND LONDON COMPARED WITH RATES FOR THE
BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.
England & Wales. London. Stepney.
Live Births. 14.6 13.7 15.7
Deaths. 14.3 17.8 20.0
Infant Mortality. 55.0 50.0 43.1
Puerperal Causes. 2.16 (not available). 2.39
NURSING IN THE HOME. This work was continued during the year and
the total number of visits was 332, being to 16 cases of measles.
LABORATORY FACILITIES. Total number of Bacteriological Examinations
amounted to 665 for Diphtheria Bacilli, (of these 66 were found to
be positive) and 2 for Typhoid Bacilli, (neither of those was found
to bo positive).
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
Number of attendances at the Dispensary. 4028
„ „ consultations with medical practitioners-
Personal 284
Other 561
„ „ visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homos. 446
„ „ specimens of sputum examined 696
(of these 105 wore positive)
„ „ X-ray examinations made 714
„ „ children boarded out 14
„ „ visits by Tuberculosis Health Visitors to homos. 5471
Special treatment was given to Tuberculous patients as follows:-
Pheumo-thorax refills to 73 patients necessitating 663 attendances
Finsen light to 3 patients necessitating 14 „
Gold injections to 1 patient necessitating 3 „