[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 6

Shoreditch 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: DISINFECTION

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DISINFECTION

Steam: no. of houses dealt with	773	Number of rats destroyed (estimated)					15,461
no. of rooms dealt with	746	,, „ persons (excluding school children)
no. of articles disinfected	1 1,1 10	cleansed: for vermin					55
Hot air: no. of articles treated 22,230		for scabies					672
Phenol vapourisers : no. of treatments	50	Shelters: no. of special sprayings					684
no. of articles treated	5,1 13	no. of HCN treatments					—
Number of articles destroyed	48
VACCINATION
Number of names received in birth lists	261	Certificates of insusceptibility received					-
Certificates of successful vaccination received	162	Statutory declarations of objections received					86
„ „ postponement received	-

TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY TUBERCULOSIS CARE WORK
No. of cases on Borough register on 1-1-4 5	1,056	New cases and re-registrations					78
„ ,, ,, added in 1945	105	Cases receiving extra nourishment					114
,, ,, ,, deleted in 1945	162	,, given monetary help					107
on Borough register on 31-12-45	999	,, given other help					81
,, ,, new cases (excluding contacts)	218	„ referred elsewhere for help					41
„ ,, contacts	147	„ referred elsewhere for help
Total attendances	2,988	TUBERCULOSIS ALLOWANCES
Patients admitted to institutions	67	Applies, for maintenance allowances					33
Specimens of sputum examined	412	Maintenance allowances granted					33
X-ray examinations	719	do. existing at end of year					20
Domiciliary visits by medical officer	115	Discretionary allowances made					8
„ „ „ T.B. visitors	3,755	Special allowances made					16
MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT
(1) Service	(2) No. of sessions held	(3) 0-5	New Cases			(7)	(8)
			(4) 5-15	(5) 15 +	(6) Total	Revisits	Total attendances
			General medical clinic	29	-	-	86	86	232	318
			Gynaecological clinic	50	—	—	250	250	557	807
Foot clinic	621	8	23	466	497	6,592	7,089
Diphtheria immunization clinic	76	486	81	7	574	1,428	2,002
Dental hospital	559	94	299	2,297	2,690	4,597	7,287
FOOD, SHOPS, FACTORIES, ETC.
Samples of food taken for investigation	541	Inspections of mechanical factories					542
Initial and routine inspections of shops under		„ „ non-mechanical factories					98
Shops Acts	200	„ „ workplaces					86
Re-inspections of shops under Shops Acts	18	„ ,, outworkers' premises					11 1
Inspections under Pharmacy and Poisons Act	113	Other Factories Act inspections					—
„ of food premises and milk shops	1,414	Factories Act;—intimation notices served					14
SANITARY INSPECTION AND HOUSING
Number of complaints received	1,593	Number of house-to-house inspections made					216
„ ,, intimation notices served	2,191	,, re-inspections					12,082
,, ,, nuisance notices served	414	,, ,, notices served under section 9					—
„ „ premises under sanitary notice	675	Total visits of all inspections					21,180
Letters written to owners and others	1,169	Samples taken of Rag Flock					3