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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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II— Antc-natal Clinics are held at
The London Hospital
The East End Mothers' Lying-in-Home
49, Church Street, Minories
Sick Room Help Society, Underwood Street
Cotton Estate, Mile End
III—
| Jewish Infants' Day Nursery | 23, New Road, VVhitechapel |
| Marie Hilton Creche | 14 and 16, Stepney Causeway |
| George Yard Mission | Angel Alley, High Street, Whitechapel |
| Holy Child Creche | 66, Chamber Street, Tower Hill |
| Day Nursery | Rectory Square |
| Wellclose Square | St George's |
| 8, Martha Street | St George's |
| Million Penny Fund Day Nursery | 10, Great Garden Street |
Rag Flock Act
A bedding manufacturer in the district was fined £10 with £2 2s costs for using
rag flock which was in a dirty condition and on analysis was found to contain an
excess of soluble chlorine (220 parts per 100,000), the standard allowed by the Act
being not more than 30 parts of chlorine per 100,000 in 40 grammes of a well mixed
sample of flock.
The Mortuary.
The number of bodies deposited in the Mortuary during the year was 351 Of
these, 299 were removed by the Coroner's order, 40 by the Police, 3 at the request
of deceaseds' friends, 8 on my instructions, and 1 by order of the Relieving Officer
30 bodies were placed in the Jewish part of the Mortuary, but only 8 were
officially " watched"
339 Inquests were held in the Coroner's Court, and 48 post mortem examinations
were made.
Unsound Food Destroyed
The following foodstuffs were condemned under the Unsound Food Series and
the Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations, 1908, as unfit for human consumption,
but were utilised for trade purposes