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Stepney 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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4, Ante-Natal and Post Natal Clinics.
No. of Clinics opon at 31 Dec.1947 provided r.nd
maintained by - Ante-Natal Post Natal
tho Council 2 2
Voluntary Associations 2 1
No. of women who attended at
tho Clinics during the year 1241 372
5. Day Nurseries. No.of No,of children
approvod on register at
Nurseries maintained places . end of year.
by - No. 0-2 2-5 0-2 2-5
thi Council 3 76 94 77 94
Voluntary Asscns 2 45 - 56
Municipal Nursery Creche 1 15 15 99 136
8. Home Helps & Domestic Helps. Employed 42 (Part time).
No. of cases where helps were provided was 215 including
6 Home Helps in confinement cases.
9. Institutions provided by Voluntary Associations and
subsidised by the Council. The Council make a grant of
£200 per annum for one bed.
No. of women admitted from the Council's area:
24 (2 a month)
10. Maternal Deaths.
No. of women who died from sepsis 2
" " " " " other causes 1
(ffldied at home and 1 in an institution.)
11. Illegitimate Children.
The Health Visitors work in close co-operation with
the local Moral Welfare worker.
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