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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: DISINFECTION

DISINFECTION

No. of houses dealt with786No. of articles disinfected11,250*
No. of rooms dealt with816No. of articles destroyed345

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* Includes 3,927 blankets for A.R.P. purposes.

Table: VACCINATION

VACCINATION

TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARYTUBERCULOSIS CARE WORK
No. of cases on Borough register on 1 .1 .391,147New cases and re-registrations130
No. of cases added in 1939119Cases receiving extra nourishment120
No. of cases deleted in 1939193Cases given monetary help54
No. of cases on Borough register on 31.12.391,073Cases given other help71
No. of new cases (excluding contacts)238Cases referred elsewhere for help126
No. of contacts137
Total attendances3,608
Patients admitted to institutions171
Specimens of sputum examined682
X-ray examinations426
Domiciliary visits by medical officer95
Domiciliary visits by T.B. visitors3,576

Table: MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT

MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT

(1)(2)New Cases(7)(8)
ServiceNo. of sessions heldRevisitsTotal attendances
(3) 0-5(4) 5—15(5) 15 +(6) Total
General medical clinic83——3763769131,289
Gynaecological clinic83——3543547091,063
Foot clinic3652194434641,8402,304
Diphtheria immunization ciinic4520347—2507641,014
Dental hospital6932134431,4382,0946,4448,538

Table: FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.

FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.

Samples of food taken for investigation938Inspections of mechanical factories691
Initial and routine inspections of shops under Shops Acts412,, non-mechanical factories172
,, workplaces195
Re-inspections of shops under Shops Acts114,, outworkers'premises449
Inspections under Pharmacy and Poisons Act90Other Factories Act inspections—
Inspections of food premises and milk shops477Factories Act—intimation notices served315

Table: SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING

SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING

No. of complaints received1,124No. of house-to-house inspections made931
No. of intimation notices served
3,605No. of re-inspections21,462
No. of nuisance notices served
804No. of notices served under section 9787
No. of premises under sanitary notice
6,836Total visits of all inspections31,774
Letters written to owners and others
1,086Samples taken under the Rag Flock Act26