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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: DISINFECTION

DISINFECTION

Number of houses dealt with982Number of articles destroyed83
,, ,, rooms dealt with938,, persons (excluding school children) cleansed156
„ ,, articles disinfected40,873*

Table: VACCINATION

VACCINATION

Number of names received in birth lists916Certificates of insusceptibility received-
Certificates of successful vaccination received144Statutory declarations of objections received397
„ „ postponement received10
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARYTUBERCULOSIS CARE WORK
No. of cases on Borough register on 1-1-401.073New cases and re-registrations144
„ „ „ added in 1940144Cases receiving extra nourishment131
„ „ „ deleted in 1940195„ given monetary help88
„ „ „ on Borough register on 31-12-401,022given other help ...74
„ „ new cases (excluding contacts)154„ referred elsewhere for help91
„ „ contacts115
Total attendances2,650
Patients admitted to institutions146
Specimens of sputum examined487
X-ray examinations363
Domiciliary visits by medical officer94
„ „ „ T.B. visitors2,995

Table: MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT

MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT

(1)(2)New Cases(7)(8)
ServiceNo. of sessions held(3)(4)(5)(6)RevisitsTotal attendances
0-55-1515 +Total
General medical clinic83——235235665900
Gynaecological clinic83——233233507740
Foot clinic3793244514782,3222,800
Diphtheria immunization clinic5015779—236612848
Dental hospital4641173999811,4973,5745,071

Table: FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.

FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.

Samples of food taken for investigation742Inspections of mechanical factories410
Imitial and routine inspections of shops under Shops Acts281„ non-mechanical factories39
„ workplaces74
Re-inspections of shops under Shops Acts28„ outworkers' premises515
Inspections under Pharmacy and Poisons Act102Other Factories Act inspections—
„ of food premises and milk shops1,428Factories Act—intimation notices served4

Table: SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING

SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING

Number of complaints received1,305Number of house-to-house inspections made161
„ intimation notices served2,603„ re-inspections12,894
„ nuisance notices served664„ notices served under section 9—
„ „ premises under sanitary notice8,884Total visits of all inspections21,924
Letters written to owners and others1,115Samples taken under the Rag Flock Act14