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Stepney 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Number of children visited | 5,354 |
| Number of infants under 1 year of age- visited for first time | 1,417 |
| Total visits to children under 1 year of age | 6,210 |
| Total visits to children aged 1 year but under 2 years | 4,393 |
| Total visits to children 2 to 5 years of age | 9,085 |
| Number of expectant mothers visited | 590 |
| Total visits to expectant mothers | 1,150 |
| Child Minders (dailv euardians) | |
| Number of child minders- Voluntary | 15 |
| Statutory | 4 |
| Number of children minded- | |
| Voluntary | 13 |
| Statutory | 11 |
Immunisation and Vaccination.
For details of immunisation and vaccination see pages 43 and 45.
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) 15
Tuberculosis
Aged and infirm cases 890
Other cases 73
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