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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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100
Town Hall,
Shore ditch, E.C.
January, 1912.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I have the pleasure to submit the following report on the work of health
visiting in the Borough during the year 1912.
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 2,034.

Table: These may be divided into nine classes :—

These may be divided into nine classes :—

1. Visits in connection with notifications under the Notification of Births Act, 1907 :—
First visits927
Re-visits262
1,189
2. Visits in connection with certified cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum31
First visits20
Re-visits11
3. Enquiries into cases of Puerperal Septicaemia...10
First visits8
Re-visits2
4. Enquiries into deaths of infants from Summer Diarrhoea .13
5. Lectures on Infant Care2
6. Visits in connection with Notifications of Phthisis433
First visits285
Re-visits148
7. Enquiries into Deaths from Phthisis16
8. Interviews with various people connected with the Work106
9. Miscellaneous visits17
10. Futile visits217
(1) Visits in connection with Notification of Births.
The total number of notifications received during the year was :—
Under the Notification of Births Act3,230
Notified by London County Council156
3,386