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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION
| District nursing association:— cases visited | 126 | Number of common lodging houses | 1 |
| Public mortuary—bodies received | 302 | ||
| total visits | 1,569 | „ „ post-mortem examinations | 291 |
| Child life protection:— | Food and Drugs Acts:— | ||
| children received | 4 | Number of informal samples taken | 488 |
| cases on register | 1 | „ „ ,, ,, adulterated | 27 |
| total visits | 47 | „ ,, formal samples taken | 112 |
| Total bacteriological and pathological examinations made | 2,915 | „ „ „ „ adulterated | 24 |
| Legal proceedings taken | 6 | ||
| Persons receiving domiciliary relief:— | Total legal proceedings taken (Four dismissed) | 18 | |
| at end of 1st quarter | 414 | ||
| „ „ 2nd „ | 383 | ||
| „ „ 3rd „ | 341 | ||
| „ „ 4th „ | 389 |
TUBERCULOSIS
| (1) Year | (2) Pop. (nearest '000) | (3) Total notifications | (4) Notification rate | Pulmonary notifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5) 0—5 | (6) 5—15 | (7) 15—25 | (8) 25—35 | (9) 35 + | (10) Total | (II) 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 | 577 | 6.6 | 10 | 47 | 46 | 38 | 57 | 221 | 454 | 55 | 45 | |
| *1918-1922 | 99 | 368 | 3.7 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 31 | 148 | 311 | 52 | 48 |
| * 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 | 45 | 55 | |
| *1933-1937 | 88 | 147 | 1.7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 12 | II | 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 | 70 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 97 | 39 | 61 |
| 1942 | 35 | 78 | 2.2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 62 | 36 | 64 |
| 1943 | 35 | 96 | 2.7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 82 | 31 | 69 | |
| * Averaged. | |||||||||||||
REPRODUCTIVE WASTAGE IN 5-YEAR PERIODS
| (1) Period | (2) Still-birth rate | (3) Neo-natal death rate | (4) Rest of 1 st year death rate | (5) Total infant mortality rate = (3)+ (4) | (6) Total wastage rate = (2)+ (3)+ (4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-99 | - | - | - | 197 | - |
| 1900-04 | - | - | - | 187 | - |
| 1905-09 | -_ | 36 | 117 | 153 | - |
| 1910-14 | -_ | 39 | 110 | 149 | - |
| 1915-19 | — | 41 | 98 | 139 | - |
| 1920-24 | 22 | 33 | 63 | 96 | 118 |
| 1925-29 | 25 | 25 | 53 | 78 | 103 |
| 1930 34 | 31 | 23 | 52 | 75 | 106 |
| 1935-39 | 35 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 90 |
| *1940-43 | 30 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 88 |
| 1943 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 83 |
I am, Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen, your obedient servant
HEALTH DEPARTMENT E. H. R. SMITHARD, Medical Officer of Health.
TOWN HALL, OLD STREET, E.C.I.
25 August 1944.