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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 1926
[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 1926.
| Disease | Under 5. | Visits. | Disease. | Over 5. | Visits. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemphigus | 4 | 67 | Pneumonia | 24 | 391 |
| Measles | 24 | 351 | Miscarriage | 5 | 51 |
| Ophthalmia | Mammary Abscess | 5 | 103 | ||
| Neonatorum | 16 | 557 | Post-Partum | 7 | 72 |
| Influenzal | Influenza | 3 | 30 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 16 | Parturition | 2 | 34 |
| Otorrhoea | 17 | 392 | Measles | 3 | 43 |
| Threadworms | 57 | 444 | Ante-natal | 7 | 245 |
| Tonsils & Adenoids | 106 | 391 | Abortion | 3 | 33 |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 278 | Phlegmasia Dolen, | 1 | 20 |
| Pyrexia | 1 | 4 | Influenzal | ||
| Bronchitis | 16 | 187 | Pneumonia | 1 | 63 |
| Tuberculous hip | 1 | 60 | Influenza and | ||
| Abscess of ear | 2 | 18 | Pneumonia | 2 | 21 |
| Sickness | 1 | 6 | Pue- peral Pyrexia | 3 | 53 |
| Umbilical hernia | 1 | 38 | Mastitii | 3 | 32 |
| Constipation | 2 | 7 | |||
| Scalds | 2 | 49 | |||
| Septic throat | 2 | 12 | |||
| Enteritis | 2 | 46 | |||
| Stomatitis | 1 | 10 | |||
| Impetigo | 17 | 268 | |||
| Marasmus | 1 | 5 | |||
| Scabies | 1 | 6 | |||
| Mastoid Abscess | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tuberculosis | 1 | 12 | |||
| Discharge from eyes | 10 | 149 | |||
| Intestinal | 2 | 9 | |||
| Septic blisters | 1 | 15 | |||
| Sores on scalp | 1 | 14 | |||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 7 | 81 | • | ||
| Skin rash | 1 | 10 | |||
| Rheumatism | 1 | 8 | |||
| Nasal cartarrh | 1 | 18 | |||
| Conjunctivitis | 1 | 17 | |||
| Totals | 321 | 3,550 | Totals | 69 | 1,191 |
| cases | visits | cases | visits |
The total number of cases at all ages was 390, in connection with which 4,741
visits were made by the Nurses of the Association. Amongst persons over five years
there were one death from influenza, one from influenzal pneumonia, one from
influenza and pneumonia, and two from pneumonia, and amongst the children
under five, two died from pneumonia, one from broncho-pneumonia, one from
pemphigus and one from sickness.