Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Figures for the year's Care Work :—
Table No. 74
1937 | 1938 | |
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New patients | 118 | 109 |
Re-registrations | 27 | 19 |
Dental cases | 8 | 14 |
Visits paid | 435 | 414 |
Interviews | 393 | 503 |
Cases reported to Committee: New cases | 80 | 94 |
Re-registrations | 20 | 23 |
Dental cases | 14 | 22 |
Care work | 136 | 211 |
Admissions | 145 | 157 |
Discharges | 86 | 121 |
Deaths | 38 | 44 |
Referred: Shoreditch Tuberculosis Fund | 110 | 63 |
Public Assistance Committee | 13 | 14 |
London County Council | 10 | 18 |
Red Cross Committee | 2 | 1 |
Approved Societies | 2 | 3 |
Friends of the Poor | 1 | — |
East London Workers among the Poor | 1 | 2 |
British Legion | 1 | — |
Unemployment Assistance Board | — | 1 |
Shoreditch Borough Council | — | 1 |
Details of Care Work: Clothing obtained | 68 | 90 |
Relief obtained | 2 | 6 |
Relief increased | 6 | 4 |
Fares paid | 27 | 73 |
National Health Insurance contributions paid | 5 | 8 |
Bedding obtained | 1 | — |
Rent paid | 22 | 9 |
Admitted to Homes | 3 | — |
Housing accommodation obtained | 2 | — |
Removal expenses paid | 9 | 9 |
Pocket money paid | 4 | 4 |
Surgical appliance supplied | 2 | 2 |
Special help | 13 | 11 |