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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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Table: Comparative numbers of insured and non-insured persons who attended were:—

Comparative numbers of insured and non-insured persons who attended were:—

19371938
Insured1,8721,938
Non-insured1,8651,818

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Special sessions for school children are held weekly and the following table shows
the attendances at these sessions each month:—

Table: Table No. 73

Table No. 73

1937193819371938
January3629July1715
February4247August1418
March3640September2918
April3521October3130
May3128November3442
June6216December2328
Total attendances390332
Total examinations201140

Table: Laboratory examinationsmade at the dispensary during the year

Laboratory examinationsmade at the dispensary during the year

19371938
Sputum773723
Urines, etc3028

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X-ray examinations:—
1937 1938
378 392
(c) SHOREDITCH TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE
The following is the annual report of the tuberculosis care committee.
Table No. 74 gives an account of the work of the tuberculosis care committee
during 1938 and a comparison with that of last year. There is a slight drop in the
number of new cases and an increase in the amount of care work done. It will be
noticed that this increased help is mainly in connection with the Fund and has taken
the form of more clothing and more fares. The great increase in the number of fares