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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

Shoreditch 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: DISINFECTION

DISINFECTION

Steam: No. of houses dealt with1,635Number of articles destroyed—
No. of rooms dealt with1,173„ „ persons (excluding school children)
No. of articles disinfected19,090cleansed: For vermin37
Hot air: No. of articles treated35,932For scabies516
Phenol vapourisers: No. of treatments436Shelters: No. of special sprayings370
No. of articles treated40,250No. of H.C.N. treatments17

Table: VACCINATION

VACCINATION

Number of names received in birth lists448Certificates of insusceptibility received—
Certificates of successful vaccination received38Statutory declarations of objections received55
„ ,, postponement received8
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARYTUBERCULOSIS CARE WORK
No. of cases on Borough register on 1 — 1 —411,022New cases and re-registrations82
„ „ „ added in 1941148Cases receiving extra nourishment72
,, „ „ deleted in 1941179„ given monetary help75
„ „ „ on Borough register on 31 — 12—4991„ given other help67
„ „ new cases (excluding contacts)165„ referred elsewhere for help69
„ „ contacts121
Total attendances1.949
Patients admitted to institutions105
Specimens of sputum examined434
X-ray examinations397
Domiciliary visits by medical officer125
„ „ „ T.B. visitors3,299

Table: MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT

MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT

(1)(2)New Cases(7)(8)
ServiceNo. of sessions held(3) 0-5(4) 5-15(5) 15 +(6) TotalRevisitsTotal attendances
General medical clinic31——9797237334
Gynaecological clinic53——153153297450
Foot clinic376762792922,4962,788
Diphtheria immunization clinic9132169391,0232,5403,563
Dental hospital562722281,0321,3323,3194,651

Table: FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.

FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.

Samples of food taken for investigation612Inspections of mechanical factories466
Initial and routine inspections of shops under Shops Acts361„ „ non-mechanical factories143
„ workplaces24
Re-inspections of shops under Shops Acts21„ „ outworkers' premises122
Inspections under Pharmacy and Poisons Act102Other Factories Act inspections—
„ of food premises and milk shops550Factories Act—intimation notices served—

Table: SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING

SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING

Number of complaints received861Number of house-to-house inspections made—
„ „ intimation notices served575„ „ re-inspections8,133
„ „ nuisance notices served193„ „ notices served under section 9—
„ „ premises under sanitary notice2,254Total visits of all inspections15,831
Letters written to owners and others575Samples taken under the Rag Flock Act5