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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Supply of Milk to Expectant and Nursing- Mothersand to Children.The approximate quantity of milk, etc., distributed during the year, together with the cost, was as follows:—

Supply of Milk to Expectant and Nursing- Mothers

and to Children.

The approximate quantity of milk, etc., distributed during the year, together with the cost, was as follows:—

Cows Milk—No. of applications granted.No. of personsQuantityCost.
£s.d.
Free2,5253,59912,618 gals.1,4071210
Half-price0819193 216 „18062
Dried Milk—
Free7618545,784 lbs.43376
Half-price2552731,984 „7470
Virol, Oil and Malt—
Free287318312 lbs.18198
Half-price657065 „200
Total4,5746,03315,834 gals. 8,145 lbs.2,116139

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Ministry of Health. Form M.C.W.96.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR 1929.
POPULATION according to the Census of 1921, 249,738.
Births.
Registered† (1) Legitimate 4,101 (2) Illegitimate 114 (3) Total 4,215
(Live Births only), Still Births 158 Still Births 8 Total 166
Notified within 36 hours (1) Live Births 4,112 (2) Still Births 150 (3) Total 4,262
of birth (1) By Midvvives 3,048 (2) By Parents and Doctors 1 214
Infant Deaths.
Number† (1) Legitimate 355 (2) Illegitimate 26 (3) Total 381
Rate per 1,000 birthsf (1) Legitimate 86 (2) Illegitimate 228 (3) Total 90
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 4 8
Midwives.
Number practising in the District (1) Trained — (2) Untrained —
Number of cases attended in 1929 — 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 —