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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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it is lecorded as a "Primary Notification" and excluded from the Supplemental
Return. If the formal notification is received in a subsequent year, such notification
is regarded as duplicate, as the case has already been included in the Supplemental
Return for a previous year.
(6) A formal notification which is not received until after the death of the patient
is included in the Supplemental Return as a "posthumous notification."
(c) No case is included both in the Summary of Notifications and in the
Supplemental Return for the same year.
The distribution of the cases notified (primary notification) among the different Wards was as follows : —
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | No. per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorfields | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2.3 |
| Church | 25 | 7 | 32 | 2.0 |
| Hoxton | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.8 |
| Wenlock | 27 | 8 | 35 | 2.3 |
| Whitmore | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1.4 |
| Kingsland | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1.1 |
| Haggerston | 12 | 3 | 14 | 1.8 |
| Acton | 15 | 15 | 1.4 | |
| Totals | 122 | 26 | 148 | 1.6 |
In addition to the notifications summarized on Form T, 137, 1932 on
page 79, notifications are received respecting patients admitted to, and discharged
from Institutions, the majority of which are now under the control
of the London County Council.
These notifications are summarized below: —
| Number of Notifications on Form I (of admission of case to Institution). | Number of Notifications on Form 11 (of discharge of case from Institution). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |
| Pulmonary Males | 37 | 104 | 14 | 72 |
| Pulmonary Females | 16 | 71 | 16 | 47 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 3 | 19 | 1 | 12 |
| Non-Pulmonary Females | 4 | 22 | 1 | 12 |
| Totals | 60 | 216 | 32 | 143 |