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metropolitan borough op stepney
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OP THE MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1941.
AREA OF BOROUGH (In acres) 1902,766
POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate for the midyear
1941 is not available for publications
BIRTHS. Live legitimate and Illegitimate.
Rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population 15.5
Live and Still; Rate per 1000 total births 76.3
DEATHS. M. F. TOTAL.
1145 738 1883
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES. Rate per 1000 total (Live
• ; ' ' and still births)
Puerperal sepsis JL . ? 1.19
Other puerperal causes 2, 2.39
3 3.58
DEATH-RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:-
All infants per 1000 live births 79,5
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births 78.5
Illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate live births 89,5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 203
" Measles " " 7
" " Whooping Cough (all ages)
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age 11
RATES FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND LONDON COMPARED T>1TH RATES FOR
THE BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.
England & Wales. London. Stepney.
Live births. 14.2 8.9 15-5
Deaths. 12.9 16*3
Infant Mortality. 59.0 68,0 79.5
Puerperal Causes. 2,23 (Not available) 3.58
NURSING IN THE HOME.
The facilities were provided as usual but not availed
of during the year.
LABORATORY FACILITIES. Total number of Bacteriological
Examinations was 387, 373 for Diphtheria Bacilli
(of these 45 were found to be positive) and 14 for
Dysentry (all of which were negative).
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