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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY
ANNUAL REPORT (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1944,
I. STATISTICS
AREA OF BOROUGH (in acres) 1902.766
POPULATION: The Registrar-General's Estimate
for the raid-year 1944 73,030
LIVE BIRTH. Total M. E. Birth rate per
Legitimate 1185 .609 576 1000 estimated
Illegitimate 121 65 58 population
Total Live Births: 1306 672 634 17.8
STILL BIRTH. 37 _18 _19 Rate per 1000
Total Live & Still: 1543 690 663
DEATHS 1425 844 581 Death rate per
1000 estimated
population
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES: 19.5
Puerperal Sepsis Nil.
Other puerperal causes Nil.
Rate per 1000 total (live and still)
births Nil.
DEATH RATE OF INEANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per 1000 live births 56.6
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births 57.3
Illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate live births 74.3
DEATHS from Cancer (all ages) 18 5
Measles " " Nil.
Whooping Cough (all ages) 6
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8
COMPARATIVE RATES : England & Wales. London. Stepney.
Live Births 17.6 15.0 17.8
Deaths 11.6 15.7 19.5
Infantile Mortality 46.0 61.0 56.6
Puerperal causes (death-rate) 1.93 (not available) Nil.
II. PROVISION OP HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH
NURSING IN THE HOME). The Council's arrangements with the East
London Nursing Society were continued for the nursing of Measles,
Pneumonia following Measles, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Puerperal
Fever Puerperal Pyrexia, Pemphigus Neonatorum, also for all
complications and illnesses arising out of childbirth.
LABORATORY FACILITIES. The number of Bacteriological examinations
carried out was as follows:- Positive. Negative.
For Diphtheria bacilli 15 370
For Dysentery " - 2
INSULIN for persons suffering from Diabetes was provided free of
cost to 16 patients of which 8 were new cases, under authority of
Circular 2734 of the Ministry of Health, dated 4th January 1945.
AGED & INFIRM PERSONS. Four persons were removed on Magistrates
Orders to institutions during the year under Section 224 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
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