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Health Visitors
No. of infants under 1 year of age visited
for first time 1,714
Total visits to infants under 1" year of age 13,331
Total visits to children 1-5 years of age 23,450
No. of expectant mothers visited 635
Total visits to expectant mothers 1,259
Infant Life Protection
No. on Register:- 1st Jan. 1950 31st Dec. 1950
Foster Mothers 6 12
Foster Children 9 10
Child Minders (Daily Guardians)
No. of daily guardians - voluntary 3
No. of children minded - " 2
Care of Premature Infants
No, of premature births during the year 156
No. of deaths under 1 month 23
Supply of Milk Foods , &c.
Foodstuffs distributed included Ostermilk, Cow & Gate,
and Humanised Trufood.
Immunisation and Vaccination
For details of immunisation and vaccination see pages 38
& 39.
Domestic Help Service
The service covering the Boroughs of Bethnal Green,
Poplar and Stepney has been divided into three districts,
irrespective of borough boundaries, and the statistics for
each separate Borough are not available.
However, the number of cases in which help was provided
in the "Southern" district (which comprises the Borough of
Stepney less the area east of the Canal and two areas north
of the east-west line - Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
Road and Mile End Road) was as follows:-
Maternity 15
Tuberculosis 12
Other 624
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