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 Hackney]
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Details are given in the following table of the patients treated during 1940 at the British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane:—
Totals. | Hackney Residents. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Children | Adults. | |||
0-4 years. | 5-13 years. | |||
Number of Attendances | 2,856 | 391 | 10 | 2,455 |
Number of Treatments given | 5,437 | 711 | 20 | 4,706 |
Number of Radiographs taken | 54 | 5 | 1 | 48 |
Details of the bodies deposited in the Public Mortuary during the year are given in the following table:—
Persons dying in Hackney. | Persons dying elsewhere. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of bodies deposited in the mortuary | 476 | 79 | 555 | |
1. To await inquests | (a) Infectious | — | — | — |
(b) Non-Infectious | 124 | 31 | 155 | |
2. To await burial | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
3. Cause of death certified by Coroner | 347 | 47 | 394 | |
Number of post-mortem examinations made | 459 | 75 | 534 |
The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and of the action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:—
Houses inspected on complaint | 2,839 | |
„ „ after infectious disease | 464 | |
„ „ under Sec. 9, Housing Act | 45 | |
„ made fit „ „ „ | 69 | |
Inspections of factories and workshops | 142 | |
„ „ bakehouses | 41 | |
„ „ dairies and milkshops | 951 | |
„ „ cowsheds | 11 | |
„ „ slaughterhouses | • 24 | |
„ „ butchers' shops, stores and Meat Depot | 1,011 | |
„ „ other food premises | 1,954 | |
Visits re food control | 926 | |
„ „salvage | 292 | |
Drains and sanitary fittings examined | 1,857 | |
,, repaired | 547 | |
„ relaid | 41 | |
Premises in which defects were found | all forms of inspection | 2,462 |
„ „ „ abated | 2,689 | |
Total number of re-inspections | 15,515 | |
Intimation notices served | 2,303 | |
Statutory notices served | 516 | |
Summonses issued for housing defects | 12 |