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Maternal Mortality.
There were two maternal deaths during the year. One was of a woman
aged 24 years. It was her seventh pregnancy and was a domiciliary
confinement. The mother weighed 14 stones and the baby 10 pounds. The
cause of death was haemorrhage due to retained placenta. The other was
that of an unmarried woman, who was admitted to hospital with haemorrhage
following abortion. She had not submitted herself for any pre-natal care
and died from toxaemia due to infection of the womb.
Accidental Deaths.
There was a slight reduction in the number of deaths due to accidents,
from 33 last year to 32 this year. These included 10 due to motor vehicle
accidents (4 more than in the previous year), 15 in the home, 1 at work,
2 from drowning and 4 due to various other causes. (See Table on page 50
relating to road accidents).
In 1957, nearly 6,700 persons throughout the country died as a result
of domestic accidents. In Stepney during 1958, as stated above, 15
persons died as a result of this cause, which was two more than in the
previous year.
Unemployment.
The Ministry of Labour has kindly supplied me with the following
information as to the estimated number of persons residing in the Borough
who were registered as unemployed at the end of the year:-
Men Boys Women Girls
2,096 18 322 11 - Total 2,447.
The total number of unemployed at the end of 1957 was 1,700.
Comparative Statistics.
A table showing vital statistics for the Borough at various years
from the year 1901 is on page 52.
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