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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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The number of persons notified per 1,000 inhabitants during the year under consideration, and the preceding ten years is shown in the following table:—
| Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | All forms. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 1920 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| 1921 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| 1922 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 1923 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| 1924 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 1926 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 1927 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1928 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| 1929 | 2 2 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
The number of cases notified in each of the eight wards during 1929 was as follows:—
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | No. per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorfields | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2.5 |
| Church | 55 | 6 | 61 | 3.5 |
| Hoxton | 37 | 3 | 40 | 2.6 |
| Wenlock | 32 | 3 | 35 | 2.6 |
| Whitmore | 29 | 9 | 38 | 2.2 |
| Kingsland | 20 | 6 | 26 | 2.6 |
| Haggerston | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1.9 |
| Acton | 18 | 3 | 21 | 1.8 |
| Total | 215 | 36 | 251 |
The number of cases removed to Hospital (Columns 20 and 21, Table on page 34)
was 217. Of these 174 went to Sanatoria and 43 to Poor Law Institutions.
The number of cases discharged from Hospital (Columns 22 and 23—Table on
page 34 was 150). Of these 129 were from Sanatoria and 21 from Poor Law
Institutions.
A register of all notified cases of Tuberculosis is kept at the Town Hall. The
additions and removals during 1929 and state of the register at the end of the
year are shown in the following table :—
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
| Pulmonary. | Non.Pulmonary. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register, 31st December, 1928 | 726 | 600 | 292 | 233 | 1,851 |
| Number of cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, during the year 1929 | 100 | 115 | 22 | 14 | 251 |
| Other cases added to the Tuberculosis Register during 1929 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| *Number of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1929 | 831 99 | 719 57 | 322 38 | 252 35 | 2,124 229 |
| Cases remaining on Tuberculosis Register, 31st December, 1929 | 732 | 662 | 284 | 217 | 1,895 |
* The particulars of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1929 are as follows:—
| Deaths | 130 |
| Patients removed from Borough | 55 |
| Cases removed from register as " cured " | 43 |
| Certificate Withdrawn | 1 |
| Total | 229 |