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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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APPENDIX D
Reports, other than routine reports, submitted by the Medical Officer of Health
to various Committees:—
Public Health Committee—
Work of the Sanitary Inspectors March, 1938.
Extra clinics and staff in the dental hospital April, 1938.
Use of offices at Laburnum Street August, 1938.
Foot clinic August, 1938.
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee—
Laundry services March, 1938.
Health Visitor's districts June, 1938.
Nursing staff at the Model Welfare Centre September, 1938.
Medical staffing for maternity and child welfare services October, 1938.
Housing Committee—
Housing Act, 1936—Measurement of dwellings in order to
obtain "permitted numbers" March, 1938.
Air Raid Precautions Committee—
Report on attendance of M.O. at Civilian anti-gas school June, 1938
APPENDIX E
| Years | Population | Density per acre | Persons per hereditament | Births | Birthrate 'per 1,000 pop.) | Deaths | Death rate (per 1,000 pop.) | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | T.B. notification rate (all forms) (per 1,000 pop.) | T.B. death rate (all forms) (per 1,000 pop.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-1897 | 121,749 | 188 | - | 4,266 | 35.0 | 2,744 | 22.5 | 185 | 2.9 | |
| 1898-1902 | 118,835 | 185 | - | 4,029 | 33.8 | 2,646 | 22.3 | 196 | _ | 2.8 |
| 1903-1907 | 115,549 | 180 | - | 3,810 | 32.1 | 2,324 | 20.1 | 170 | _ | 3.0 |
| 1908-1912 | 112,305 | 167 | - | 3,594 | 32.0 | 2,070 | 18.5 | 144 | _ | 2.4 |
| 1913-1917 | 101,341 | 156 | - | 3,032 | 29.9 | 2,002 | 19.8 | 145 | 6.3 | 2.9 |
| 1918-1922 | 98,913 | 153 | - | 2,727 | 27.6 | 1,667 | 16.9 | 117 | 3.8 | 2.0 |
| 1923-1927 | 105,640 | 164 | - | 2,538 | 24.0 | 1,372 | 13.0 | 79 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
| 1928-1932 | 98,336 | 149 | - | 1,888 | 19.2 | 1,318 | 13.4 | 76 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| 1933-1937 | 88,044 | 133 | 6.6 | 1,347 | 15.3 | 1,104 | 12.5 | 68 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| 1938 | 80,360 | 122 | 5.7 | 1,181 | 14.7 | 915 | 11.4 | 64 | 1.5 | 0.7 |