Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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(c) lotal number of attendances at all Centres during the year:—
(i) By children under I year of age, 34,747.
(ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 22,095.
(d) Total number of children who attended at the Centres for the first time
during the year:
(i) Children under 1 year of age, 2,774.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 534.
(e) Total nutnber of children who were in attendance at the centres at the
end of the year:
(i) Children under 1 year of age, 2,646.
(ii) Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 3,823.
(f) Percentage of total notified live births represented by the number in (d)
(i), 74.2.
5.—Ante-natal clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other
premises):—
(a) Number of Clinics* provided and maintained by the Council, 1.
(b) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations,
3.
(c) Total number of attendances by expectant mothers at all Clinics during
the year, 20,791.
(d) Total number of expectant mothers who attended at the Clinics during
the year, 4,953.†
(e) Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by the
number in (d), 77.5.
*Including Ante-Natal Clinics provided at institutions transferred to the
Council under Part I. of the Local Government Act, 1929.
† This includes non-residents.
6.—Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
I.
Separate maternity
institutions provided
by the
Council
Institutions (with
maternity wards) transferred
to the Council
under Part I of the
Local Government Act,
1929.
Institutions provided
by
Voluntary Associations
and subsidised by the
Council.
Number of Institutions
nil
nil
The Stepney Borough
Council make a grant of
£100 per annum to the East
End Maternity Hospital.
Number of maternity
beds (exclusive of isolation
and labour beds)
nil
nil
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Total number of women
admitted to these beds
during the year
nil
nil
1.466