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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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13. Infectious Diseases .
| No. of Cases | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Puerperal Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary | Institutional | Domiciliary | Institutional | Domiciliary | Institutional | |
| Confinements | Confinements | Confinements | ||||
| Notified during the year. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Visited by officers of the Council. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Removed to hospital | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 8 |
| In all cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum the vision was unimpaired. | ||||||
| 14. Child Life Protection. | Individual Foster Mothers | |||||
| Receiving children under nine for reward apart from their parents at the end of the year. | 9 | |||||
| No. of children under nine received during the year. | 9 | |||||
| Do. at the end of the year | 11 | |||||
Two foster-mothers, included above, are guaranteed payment by
the Council.
No. of Child Protection Visitors at the end of the year:
Health Visitors 13 Other 1 female.
Proceedings taken during the year:
| No. of Cases | Act and Section under which proceeding were taken. | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Public Health (Ldn)Act, 1936. Sec.258,sub-Sec.6. | Fined £2 - Obstruction of visit. |
| Do. Sec.261,sub-Sec.l. | Refused order for removal of child. |
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