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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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(3) Average duration of stay : 6 weeks.
(4) Reasons for admission and the number of cases under certain specified
heads :—
Marasmus 21
Rickets 4
Vomiting 5
Dyspepsia 12
Enteritis 1
To establish breast feeding (mother and baby) 7
Prematurity 5
(5) Number of cases discharged during the year:—
(a) In good health 20
(b) Improved 19
(6) There was one case of acute diarrhoea which was transferred to one of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals.
(7) Number of deaths : 10, particulars as under :—
| Date of death. | Cause of death. | Period of residence. |
|---|---|---|
| 29/ 4/ 25 | Debility, status 1ymphaticus... | 1 month, 9 days. |
| 31/5/25 | Gastric irritability ; Acute enteritis | 25 days. |
| 13/6/ 25 | Debility, Heart failure | 7 days. |
| 18/6/25 | Prematurity | 28 days. |
| 19/6/ 25 | Prematurity | 1 day. |
| 8/7/25 | Bronchitis ; Broncho pneumonia | 23 days. |
| 28/7/25 | Enteritis | 23 days. |
| 13/8/25 | Enteritis ; Broncho pneumonia | 14 days. |
| 4/11/ 25 | Marasmus ; Broncho pneumonia | 12 days. |
| 14/11/25 | Marasmus ; Enteritis | 3½ months. |
(8) The discharges on account of illness, infectious or otherwise, were as
follows:—
Two for light treatment. Result : good in one case ; second, child
readmitted ; died, 29/4/25.
Two were transferred to other institutions for empyema, but the
diagnosis was not confirmed.
Two cases of acute enteritis were transferred, one to the South-Western
Hospital, M.A.B., and one to the Mildmay Hospital.