Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Infant Life Protection.
No. of Foster Mothers on register at end of
year 15
No. of Foster Children on register at end of
year 19
Child Minders (daily guardians).
No. of child minders - Voluntary 11
Statutory 1
No. of children minded - Voluntary 11
Statutory 4
Care of Premature Infants.
No. of premature live births during the year 150
No. who died under one month 26
Immunisation and Vaccination.
For details of immunisation and vaccination see Pages 40 and 42,
Domestic Help Service.
This service, covering the Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and
Stepney, is divided into three districts irrespective of borough
boundaries, and 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), is as
follows:-
Maternity (including expectant mothers) 12
Tuberculosis 16
Aged and infirm cases 842
Other Cases 142
18