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Stepney 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY
ANNUAL REPORT (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1945.
I. STATISTICS
| AREA OF BOROUGH (in acres) 1,902,766 | |||||
| POPULATION The Registrar-General' s Estimate for the mid-year 1945 77,610 | |||||
| LIVE BIRTHS | Total | M | F | Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population 18.5 | |
| Legitimate | 1,270 | 6l7 | 653 | ||
| Illegitimate | 172 | 84 | 88 | ||
| Total live births | 1,442 | 701 | 741 | ||
| STILL BIRTHS | 53 | 24 | 29 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) 35.4 | |
| Total live and still births | 1,495 | 725 | 770 | ||
| DEATHS | 1,469 | 811 | 658 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated population | |
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 2 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) | 2.6 | ||||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE | |||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 56.1 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 53.5 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 75.5 | ||||
| DEATHS from cancer (all ages) | 201 | ||||
| Meales „ „ | 1 | ||||
| Whooping-cough(all ages) | 2 | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 15 | ||||
| COMPARATIVE RATES | England & Wales | London | Stepney | ||
| Live births | 16.1 | 15.7 | 18.5 | ||
| Deaths | 11.4 | 13.8 | 18.9 | ||
| Infantile Mortality | 46.0 | 53.0 | 56.1 | ||
| Puerperal causes (death rate) | 1.79 | Not available | 2.6 | ||
II. PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH
NURSING IN THE HOME The Council's arrangements with the East
London Nusing Society were extended during the year to various
other illnesses. The Council now pay a block grant of
£150 per annum, irrespective of the number of visits.
LABORATORY FACILITIES The number of Bacteriological examinations
carried out was as follows:- Positive Nagative
For Diphtheria bacilli 6 411
For Dysentery 6 8
INSULIN for persons suffering from Diabetes was provided free
of cost to 21 patients of which 8 were new cases, under authority
of Circular 2734 of the Ministry of Health.
AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS One person was removed on Magistrates
Orders to institutions during the year under Section 224 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
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