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.
Number of foster mothers on approved list at
end of year 16
Number of children fostered by above 15
Number of foster mothers not on approved list
at end of year 7
Number of children fostered by above 9
Child Minders (daily guardians).
Number of child minders - Voluntary 21
- Statutory 2
Number of children minded - Voluntary 23
- Statutory 7
Immunisation and Vaccination .
For details of immunisation and vaccination see pages 38 and
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) 13
Tuberculosis 12
Aged and infirm cases 800
Other cases 135
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