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Stepney 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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The infantile mortality rate for the whole Borough was 88 per 1,000 births,
while that for the whole of London was 70 per 1,000.
Maternal Mortality.
The number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth, was 12,
4 being due to Puerperal Fever. This is equivalent to a rate of 2.7 per 1,000
births.
Notification of Births Acts.
No. of births notified by Doctors 1,194
„ „ ,, Mid wives 3,048
,, ,, ,, Parents 20
No of births notified by Institutions in the Borough
belonging to Outlying Districts 1,341
No. of stillbirths 150
No. of sets of twins notified 62
„ „ triplets 1