Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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DISINFECTION
Steam : no. of houses dealt with | 570 | Number of rats destroyed (estimated) | 25,563 |
no. of rooms dealt with | 582 | ,, ,, persons (excluding school children) | |
no. of articles disinfected | 10,262 | cleansed: for vermin | 102 |
Hot air : no. of articles treated | 75,998 | for scabies | 475 |
Phenol vapourisers : no. of treatments | 354 | Shelters: no. of special sprayings | 3,650 |
no. of articles treated | 28,170 | no. of HCN treatments | — |
Number of articles destroyed | 30 | ||
VACCINATION | |||
Number of names received in birth lists | 244 | Certificates of insusceptibility received | |
Certificates of successful vaccination received | 143 | Statutory declarations of objections received | 93 |
„ „ postponement received | — | ||
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY | TUBERCULOSIS CARE WORK | ||
No. of cases on Borough register on 1-1-44 | 1,017 | New cases and re-registrations | 72 |
„ „ ,, added in 1944 | 1 12 | Cases receiving extra nourishment | 123 |
„ ,, „ deleted in 1944 | 73 | „ given monetary help | 98 |
,, ,, ,, on Borough register on 31-12-44 | 1,056 | „ given other help | 71 |
„ ,, new cases (excluding contacts) | 197 | ,, referred elsewhere for help | 60 |
,, ,, contacts | 206 | ||
Total attendances | 2,827 | TUBERCULOSIS ALLOWANCES | |
Patients admitted to institutions | 92 | Applies, for maintenance allowances | 53 |
Specimens of sputum examined | 426 | Ma ntenance a'lowances granted | 52 |
X-ray examinations | 700 | do. existing at end of year | 26 |
Domiciliary visits by medical officer | 170 | Discretionary allowances made | 8 |
,, „ ,, T.B. visitors | 3,558 | Special allowances made | 12 |
MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT
(1) Service | (2) No. of sessions held | New Cases | (7) Revisits | (8) Total attendances | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(3) 0-5 | (4) 5-15 | (5) 15 + | (6) Total | ||||
General medical clinic | 26 | - | - | 67 | 67 | 183 | 250 |
Gynaecological clinic | 51 | — | — | 171 | 171 | 494 | 665 |
Foot clinic | 621 | 9 | 24 | 579 | 612 | 5,735 | 6,347 |
Diphtheria immunization clinic | 131 | 308 | 165 | 20 | 493 | 1,886 | 2,379 |
Dental hospital | 574 | 24 | 233 | 1,427 | 1,684 | 4,406 | 6,090 |
FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.
Samples of food taken for investigation | 635 | Inspections of mechanical factories | 797 |
Initial and routine inspections of shops under | ,, ,, non-mechanical factories | 84 | |
Shops Acts | 302 | „ „ workplaces | 82 |
Re-inspections of shops under Shops Acts | 40 | ,, ,, outworkers' premises | 204 |
Inspections under Pharmacy and Poisons Act | 128 | Other Factories Act inspections | — |
,, of food premises and milk shops | 1,489 | Factories Act—intimation notices served | 9 |
SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING | |||
Number of complaints received | 693 | Number of house-to-house inspections made | 66 |
,, ,, intimation notices served | 1,499 | ,, ,, re-inspections | 10,289 |
,, ,, nuisance notices served | 304 | ,, ,, notices served under section 9 | 1 19,403 |
,, „ premises under sanitary notice | 462 | Total visits of all inspections | |
Letters written to owners and others | 929 | Samples taken under the Rag Flock Act | 6 |