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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Maternal Deaths.
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of, Childbirth -
(a) From Sepsis, (b) Other causes
(1) (County Councils) Whole administrative County — —
(2) (All Maternity and Child Welfare Authorities) Maternity
and Child Welfare Area 3 8
Midwives.
Number practising in the District (1) Trained — (2) Untrained —
Number of cases attended in 1928 — Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned —
Number of maternal deaths notified in accordance with Rule E 22 (1) (b) of the Central
Midwives Board —
Health Visitors.
Visits paid by Health Visitors during the year:—
To Expectant Mothers (1) First Visits 547 (2) Total Visits 863
To Infants under 1 (1) First Visits 4,134 (2) Total Visits 11,407
To Children 1-5 Total Visits 11,981
Municipal Homes and Hospitals for Children Under 5.
Number of beds — Number of Children under 5 received during the year—None.
Total number of weeks spent in the Homes by such cases —
Municipal Day Nurseries.
Total number of attendances of Children under 5 during the year—None.
Feeding of Infants:—
| Breast fed | 3,818 |
| Artificially fed | 136 |
| Mixed feeding | 180 |
| No. dead before first visit of Health Visitor | 64 |
| No. removed before first visit of Health Visitor | 87 |
They were sent to either of the undermentioned homes for periods ranging from one week to two months, the average being two weeks.
| Home. | No. of cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Mothers. | Children. | |
| John Madocks Home, Arkley. | — | 1 |
| All Saints' Convalescent Home, Eastbourne | 1 | 2 |
| Invalid Children's Aid Association—Bexhill, Seaford and Beaconsfield | - | |
| Church Army Convalescent Homes—Merrowcroft, Surrey, and St. Leonards. | 19 | 28 |
| St. Mary's Convalescent Home, Birchington | 13 | 12 |
| St. Mary's Convalescent Home, Dover | 4 | 6 |
| St. Edith's Convalescent Home, Leigh-on-Sea | 7 | 10 |
Ministry of Health. Form M.C.W.96
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR 1928.
| POPULATION according to the Census of 1921, 249,738. | |||
| Births. | |||
| Registered (Live Births only). | (1) Legitimate 4,480 | (2) Illegitimate 97 | (3) Total 4,577 |
| Notified within 36 hours of birth. | (1) Live Births 4,487 | (2) Still Births 145 | (3) Total 4,632 |
| (1) By Midwives 3,406 | (2) By Parents and Doctors 1,081 | ||
| Infant Deaths. | |||
| Number | (1) Legitimate 304 | (2) Illegitimate 21 | (3) Total 325 |
| Rate per 1,000 births | (1) Legitimate 67 | (2) Illegitimate 216 | (3) Total 71 |