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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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NURSING LIST.
Subjoined is a list of cases nursed for the Shoreditch Borough Council by the Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing Association during the year 1925.
| Disease | Under 5. | Visits. | Disease. | Over 5. | Visits. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping cough | 6 | 57 | Pneumonia | 30 | 464 |
| Measles | 24 | 407 | Miscarriage | 22 | 287 |
| Ophthalmia | Mammary Abscess | 4 | 95 | ||
| Neonatorum | 6 | 144 | Post-Partum | 30 | 539 |
| Otorrhoea | 14 | 257 | Influenza | 11 | 118 |
| Threadworms | 76 | 566 | Parturition | 1 | 6 |
| Tonsils & Adenoids | 91 | 364 | Measles | 2 | 19 |
| Pneumonia | 35 | 428 | Ante-natal | 2 | 21 |
| Pyrexia | 5 | 65 | Abortion | 2 | 19 |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 69 | |||
| Tubercular glands | 1 | 7 | |||
| Abscess | 2 | 10 | |||
| Sickness | 1 | 7 | |||
| Tapeworm | 1 | 3 | |||
| Hypospadias | 1 | 6 | |||
| Burns | 1 | 27 | |||
| Septic nose | 1 | 3 | |||
| Corneal ulcer | 2 | 60 | |||
| Impetigo | 2 | 20 | |||
| Marasmus | 2 | 16 | |||
| Scabies | 1 | 12 | |||
| Mastoid Abscess | 1 | 22 | |||
| Tuberculous hip | 1 | 12 | |||
| Discharge from eyes | 2 | 22 | |||
| Intestinal | 1 | 2 | |||
| Septic throat | 3 | 13 | |||
| Ulcerated mouth | 2 | 10 | |||
| Tonsillitis | 1 | 4 | |||
| Stomatitis | 1 | 11 | |||
| Ophthalmia | 2 | 32 | |||
| Strabismus | 1 | 11 | |||
| Total | 291 cases | 2,667 visits | Total | 104 cases | 1,568 visits |
The total number of cases at all ages was 395, in connection with which 4,235
visits were made by the Nurses of the Association. Amongst persons over five years
there were one death from Influenza and four from pneumonia, and amongst the
children under five, three died from pneumonia, one from bronchitis and one from
marasmus.