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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Subjoined is a list of cases nursed for the Shore ditch Borough Council by the Shore ditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing Association during the year 1929.
| Disease. | Under 5 | Visits. | Disease. | Over 5. | Visits. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrexia | 1 | 11 | Pneumonia | 23 | 296 |
| Measles | 24 | 196 | Miscarriage | 8 | 89 |
| Keratitis | 1 | 45 | Influenza and Rheumatism | 1 | 21 |
| Marasmus | 1 | 10 | |||
| Septic Hand | 1 | 2 | Measles | 4 | 33 |
| Otorrhœa | 26 | 458 | Ante-natal | 5 | 157 |
| Threadworms | 43 | 284 | Mastitis | 3 | 28 |
| Tonsils and Adenoids | 114 | 393 | Post -Partum Pyrexia | 12 | 157 |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 255 | Whooping Cough | 1 | 12 |
| German Measles | 1 | 3 | Abortion | 10 | 127 |
| Bronchitis | 2 | 27 | Osteo -Myelitis | 4 | 112 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 14 | Tuberculosis | 23 | 308 |
| Constipation | 1 | 5 | Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 35 |
| Stomatitis | 2 | 19 | Influenza and Bronchitis | 2 | 28 |
| Impetigo | 2 | 13 | |||
| Abscess Influenza and | 1 | 11 | Whooping Cough and Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | 23 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 8 | Influenza | 1 | 10 |
| Discharge from eyes | 1 | 22 | Measles and Pneumonia | 1 | 36 |
| Intestinal | 9 | 38 | |||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 9 | 75 | Parturition | 1 | 14 |
| Corneal abscess | 1 | 4 | Pyrexia | 1 | 13 |
| Septic umbilicus | 2 | 15 | Mammary Abscess | 4 | 40 |
| Conjunctivitis | 1 | 16 | |||
| Pemphigus | 4 | 68 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 43 | |||
| Ophthalmia | |||||
| Neonatorum | 3 | 24 | |||
| Phymosis | 1 | 12 | |||
| Totals | 276 | 2,081 | Totals | 106 | 1,539 |
| cases | visits | cases | visits |
The total number of cases at all ages was 382, in connection with which 3,620
visits were made by the Nurses of the Association. Amongst persons over five years
there were four deaths from pneumonia, and four from tuberculosis, and amongst
the children under five, three died from broncho-pneumonia, one from whooping
cough and one from measles.
Bacteriological Examinations.
With the exception of those carried out at the Chest Hospital in connection with
the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary, all the examinations made on behalf of the
Borough Council are by Dr. F. H. Teale at the University College Hospital Medical
School.
In order to enable practitioners to receive reports upon specimens without delay
a box has been placed on the front steps of the Town Hall into which specimens may
be put between 12 noon and 7 p.m. At 7 p.m. the specimens are then taken by
messenger to the laboratory. Under this arrangement the report upon a throat
swab taken by a doctor at his evening surgery is telephoned to him the following
morning.