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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Sessions are held at these Clinics at the following times:—
| Hoxton House | Queen's Hospital | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1.30 to 4 p.m. | 9 a.m.; 1.30 afternoon session on alternate weeks. |
| Tuesday | 9.30 a.m.; 1.30 to 4 p.m. afternoon session on alternate weeks. | 9 a.m.; every other session is a gas session. |
| Wednesday | 9.30 a.m; 1.30 to 4 p.m. | 9 a.m.; 1.30 p.m. |
| Thursday | 9.30 a.m | 9 a.m. gas session; 1.30 p.m. |
| Friday | 9.30 a.m.; 1.30 gas session | 9 a.m. |
| Saturday | Nil | Nil. |
At Hoxton House children requiring gas must wait until the gas session.
At the Queen's Hospital gas is available at any session if urgently required.
Orthodontic work is not normally undertaken at any London County Council
school clinic. During school holidays the London County Council sessions
are not held, but children are sent to the ordinary Dental clinics held at the
Queen's Hospital on Tuesday and Friday afternoon commencing at 1.30
p.m.
A small decrease in the number of attendances both of Maternity and
Child Welfare and of other adult cases will also be observed. The former is
due to the fact that it became necessary to tighten somewhat the administrative
arrangements under which cases were accepted at the hospital as coming
within this category. The decrease in the number of attendances of other
adults is to be attributed in part to the fact that the hospital moved to new
quarters during the year, and partly to the loss of parents who have in
previous years followed their children to the hospital.
The following table is of interest as affording an indication of the effect of raising the charges for children and lowering those for adults : —
| Percentage of those previously examined who attended subsequent course of treatment. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 1933 | |
| Children | 88 | 73 |
| Adults | 57 | 65 |
| Total | 69 | 67 |
In March this Hospital was transferred from the premises in
kingsland Road, occupied since its inception, to its new quarters on the first
floor of the new building in Laburnum Street. As already reported this floor
is approached by a separate entrance and stairway, and has been designed for