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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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The figures for the year's care work are as follows : —
New patients 147
Re-registrations 53
General hospital patients 23
Home inquiry forms received 152
Visits paid 678
Interviews 410
Letters received 605
Letters written 1,109
Forms received 729
Form B, received 13
Removals from district 122
Telephones in and out 292
Decisions of Committee 181
Reported to Committee : number of cases 581
Details of Care Work:
Beds supplied 23
Bedding 2
Bad housing conditions remedied 3
Clothing supplied 75
Relief obtained 25
Relief increased 13
Fares supplied 18
National Health Insurance arrears paid 5
Temporary help arranged 6
School meals 2
Extra nourishment (exclusive of Borough Council) 9
Work obtained 7
Pocket money obtained 2
Convalescence arranged 6
General help 4
Placed in homes 3
Rent paid 1
Furniture instalments reduced 2
Dental cases including Borough Council cases referred to
T.B.C.C. for assessment 4
Cases have been referred to:
Public Assistance Committee 54
Charity Organization Society 38
United Services Fund 19
Regiments 4
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 2
Red Cross 5
Children's School Care Committees 20
East London Workers among the Poor 13
The County Hall 3
Friends of the Poor (Ebury Street) 4
Approved Societies 2
Invalid Children's Aid Association 22
Industrial Law Bureau 1
Central Association for the Protection of Women and
Girls 1
Jewish Board of Guardians 2