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Shoreditch 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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MISCELLANEOUS
| Ward cases : admissions | 73 | Home Help cases | 226 |
| ,, ,, discharges and transfers | 82 | Midwifery cases : Council | 124 |
| Mayfield : admissions | 119 | ,, „ St. Bart.'s | 14 |
| ,, discharges and transfers | 104 | ,, ,, ante-natal visits | 664 |
| Admissions to other convalescent homes | 23 | Maternity dressings | 227 |
| Sun babies : admissions at reduced rates | 84 | Minimum free allowances | 450 |
| Visits under otorrhoea scheme | 334 | Maximum ,, ,, | 1,074 |
GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION
| District Nursing Association—3,028 visits paid to 221 cases. | Legal proceedings instituted—10. (All successful.) |
| Total bacteriological and pathological specimens made — 1,692. | |
| Total number of exclusions from school—1,164. | |
| Child life protection—85 visits paid to 63 registered cases ; children received by foster parents during year, 1. | |
| Maximum persons registered as unemployed— men 3,351, women 810. |
I am, Sir,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
E. H. R. SMITHARD,
Medical Officer of Health.
Health Department,
Town Hall, Old Street, E.C.I.
10th October, 1940.
LONDON :
JAS. TRUSCOTT & SON, LTD.
SUFFOLK LANE, E.C. 4