London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Centre | *M.C. | M.C. | H.R. | H.L. | H.H. | St.H. | M.C. | St.H. | H.I. | Herbert Street | M.C. | H.H. | M.C. | M.C. | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Tue. | Wed | Tue. | Thu. | Fri. | Tuesday | Fri. | Fri. | Mon. | Wed | Tue. | Thursday | Thr. | Tue. | Thu. | Mon. | Tue. | |||
| A.M | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | A.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | A.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | P.M. | ||
| First attendances of infants | 15 | 43 | 34 | 52 | 66 | 36 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 16 | 89 | 12 | 55 | 61 | 45 | 66 | 933 |
| Total do. do. | 434 | 901 | 600 | 823 | 1 155 | 591 | 948 | 813 | 921 | 994 | 776 | 1019 | 566 | 1123 | 766 | 1043 | 920 | 668 | 1308 | 16,369 |
| First attendances, children over 1 year | 2 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 14 | II | 17 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 303 |
| Total do. do. | 514 | 845 | 631 | 855 | 921 | 678 | 944 | 919 | 818 | 988 | 802 | 887 | 504 | 943 | 803 | 1094 | 1039 | 1031 | 1559 | 16,775 |
| Attendances—mothers without children | 70 | 249 | 130 | 240 | 329 | 225 | 320 | 242 | 265 | 422 | 358 | 167 | 132 | 90 | 132 | 188 | 306 | 358 | 4,223 | |
| First exam. by doctor— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| infants | 16 | 45 | 36 | 52 | 69 | 36 | 65 | 61 | 53 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 16 | 85 | 18 | 52 | 59 | 45 | 58 | 924 |
| Total infants seen by Dr. | 215 | 454 | 407 | 563 | 580 | 386 | 481 | 486 | 484 | 482 | 400 | 667 | 330 | 742 | 356 | 578 | 431 | 364 | 549 | 8,955 |
| First exam. by doctor— | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| children 1-5 years | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 14 | II | 16 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 284 |
| Total children seen by Dr. | 285 | 426 | 375 | 557 | 492 | 463 | 511 | 533 | 504 | 605 | 467 | 596 | 343 | 698 | 435 | 733 | 585 | 573 | 821 | 10,002 |
| Suffering from disorders of digestion and nutrition Suffering from minor ail | 1,029 | 470 | 1,284 | 664 | 164 | 140 | 885 | 51 | 597 | 578 | 5,862 | |||||||||
| ments | 276 | 457 | 1,044 | 696 | 232 | 619 | 893 | 119 | 577 | 507 | 5,420 | |||||||||
| Referred to hospital | 45 | 41 | 104 | 53 | 56 | 19 | 59 | 26 | 100 | 26 | 529 | |||||||||
| First toddlers' attendances | 35 | 36 | 20 | 69 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 14 | 258 | |||||||||
| Total do. do. | 55 | 62 | 24 | 150 | 53 | 19 | - | 16 | 57 | 20 | 456 | |||||||||
| First ante-natal do. | 36 | 31 | 54 | 87 | 40 | 22 | 127 | 39 | 62 | 36 | 534 | |||||||||
| Total do. do. | 127 | 120 | 195 | 407 | 138 | 116 | 570 | 179 | 230 | 153 | 2,235 | |||||||||
| First post-natal do. | 5 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 65 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 151 | |||||||||
| Total do. do. | 7 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 126 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 231 | |||||||||
| Sewing class do. | 1,516 | |||||||||||||||||||
*M.C. = Maternity Centre, Kingsland Road. H.R. = Haggerston Road Mission Hall. H.L. = Harbour Lights, Goldsmith's Row.
H.H. = Hoxton Hall, Hoxton Street. H.I. = Hoxton Market Institute, Boot Street. St. H. = St. Helen's Club, Pitfield Street.
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