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Shoreditch 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Town Hall,
Shoreditch, E.C.
January, 1912.
To the Medical Ofjicer of Health.
Sir,
I have the pleasure to submit the following report on the work of Health
Visiting in the Borough during the year 1911.
Part of my time has been spent in paying visits to various people resident in
Shoreditch, and the rest in the clerical work which the visiting involves.
The total number of visits paid was 1,853.
These may be divided into nine classes:—
| (i.) Visits in connection with notifications under the Notification of Births Act, 1907:— | ||
| First visits | 840 | |
| Re-visits | 507 | |
| 1,347 | ||
| (ii.) Special visits with respect to Infants suffering from Epidemic Diarrhœa | 65 | |
| (iii.) Enquiries into Deaths of Infants from Epidemic Diarrhoea | 41 | |
| (iv.) Visits in connection with cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum, certified under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 46 | |
| (v.) Enquiries into cases of Puerperal Septicaemia | 5 | |
| (vi.) Lectures on Infant Care | 3 | |
| (vii.) Visits in connection with Notifications of Phthisis:— | ||
| First visits | 144 | |
| Re-visits | 62 | |
| 206 | ||
| (viii.) Enquiries into Deaths from Phthisis | 13 | |
| (ix.) Interviews with various People connected with the Work | 127 | |
In addition to these, I have paid a large number of futile visits—i.e., to persons
who were absent, removed, or for some other reason could not be found.