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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION
| District nursing association Cases visited | 87 | Number of common lodging houses | 1 |
| Public mortuary—bodies received | 294 | ||
| Total visits | 1,066 | ,, „ post-mortem examinations | 281 |
| Child life protection Children received | 4 | Food and Drugs Acts :— Number of informal samples taken | 499 |
| Cases on register | 3 | „ „ „ „ adulterated | 29 |
| Total visits | 34 | „ „ formal samples taken | 101 |
| Total bacteriological and pathological examinations made | 2,062 | ,, ,, „ „ adulterated | 12 |
| Legal proceedings taken | 4 | ||
| Persons receiving domiciliary relief :— at end of 1st quarter | 446 | Total legal proceedings taken (Two dismissed) | 19 |
| „ „ „ 2nd „ | 385 | ||
| ,, ,, ,, 3rd „ | 393 | ||
| ,, ,, ,, 4th | 393 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Pulmonary Notifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | |||||||
| Year | Pop. (nearest 000) | Total notifications | Notification rate | 0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35 + | Total | Percentage of M & F in col. (7) | |||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 109 | 905 | 8.3 | 28 | 88 | 109 | 494 | 719 | |||||
| 1914 | 108 | 604 | 5. 6 | 18 | 46 | 55 | 359 | 478 | |||||
| 1915 | 102 | 559 | 5.5 | 17 | 38 | 61 | 313 | 429 | |||||
| 1916 | 99 | 538 | 5.4 | 15 | 38 | 52 | 265 | 370 | |||||
| 1917 | 88 | 6.6 | 10 | 47 | 46 | 38 | 57 | 35 | 221 | 454 | 55 | 45 | |
| 1918 | 87 | 480 | 5.5 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 46 | 45 | 199 | 435 | 58 | 42 | |
| 1919 | 98 | 503 | 5.1 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 36 | 44 | 40 | 201 | 397 | 46 | 54 |
| 1920 | 101 | 303 | 3.0 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 128 | 268 | 58 | 42 |
| 1921 | 104 | 265 | 2.5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 109 | 221 | 50 | 50 |
| 1922 | 105 | 287 | 2.7 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 105 | 234 | 46 | 54 |
| * 1923-1927 | 106 | 271 | 2.5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 110 | 219 | 44 | 56 |
| * 1928 1932 | 98 | 215 | 2.2 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 72 | 176 | 45 | 55 |
| *1933 1937 | 88 | 147 | 1.7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 121 | 43 | 57 |
| 1938 | 80 | 118 | 1.5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 96 | 45 | 55 |
| 1939 | 77 | 91 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 73 | 51 | 49 |
| 1940 | 57 | 109 | 1.9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 93 | 40 | 60 |
| 1941 | 36 | 110 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 97 | 39 | 61 |
| 1942 | 35 | 78 | 2.2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 62 | 36 | 64 |
* Averaged.
I am, Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, E. H. R. SMITHARD,
TOWN HALL, Medical Officer of Health.
OLD STREET, E.C.I.
9th September, 1943.