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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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Subjoined is a list of cases nursed under this agreement during the year 1933.
| Disease | Under 5 | Visits | Disease | Over 5 | Visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal | 1 | 3 | Abortion | 3 | 30 |
| Adenoids | 1 | 2 | Ante-Natal | 4 | 178 |
| Boil on arm | 1 | 9 | Breast Abscess | 4 | 61 |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 43 | Influenza | 17 | 129 |
| Broncho Pneumonia | 7 | 163 | Influenza and Bronchitis | 2 | 57 |
| Chest | 3 | 28 | Influenza and Pneumonia | 7 | 81 |
| Cough and Pyrexia | 1 | 12 | Influenza and Pleurisy | 1 | 33 |
| Disease of Ear | 4 | 75 | Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 13 |
| „ Eyes | 6 | 157 | Mastitis | 2 | 14 |
| „ Umb | 2 | 18 | Miscarriage | 8 | 69 |
| Eczema of Scalp | 1 | 24 | Parturition | 8 | 99 |
| Impetigo | 7 | 69 | Pleurisy and Pneumonia | 1 | 23 |
| Influenza | 3 | 36 | Pneumonia | 24 | 522 |
| Influenza and Bronchitis | 1 | 6 | Post-Natal | 4 | 15 |
| Injury to knee | 1 | 15 | Post Partum | 3 | 58 |
| Intestinal | 4 | 43 | Post Partum Pyrexia | 2 | 14 |
| Mastoid | 4 | 58 | Tuberculosis | 23 | 744 |
| Measles | 5 | 34 | Uterine | 1 | 23 |
| Measles and Bronchitis | 4 | 39 | |||
| Measles and Pneumonia | 2 | 32 | |||
| Meningitis | 1 | 20 | |||
| Neo. Natal | 7 | 94 | |||
| Otorrhœa | 14 | 477 | |||
| Pemphigus | 1 | 2 | |||
| Pertussis and Bronchitis | 1 | 50 | |||
| Pertussis and Pneumonia | 2 | 18 | |||
| Pneumonia | 12 | 222 | |||
| Prematurity | 2 | 20 | |||
| Pyrexia | 5 | 37 | |||
| Pyrexia and Intestinal | 1 | 11 | |||
| Rickets | 1 | 105 | |||
| Septic Toe | 1 | 3 | |||
| Stomatitis | 6 | 48 | |||
| Thread Worms | 43 | 465 | |||
| Tonsils and Adenoids | 45 | 199 | |||
| Totals | 205 | 2637 | Totals | 115 | 2163 |
Bacteriological Examinations.
With the exception of those carried out at 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 taken by messenger to the laboratory. The report upon a
throat swab sent in this way is telephoned to the doctor the following
morning.