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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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DISINFECTION
| Infectious Diseases— | Scabies and Verminous Conditions— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam : no. of houses dealt with | 619 | Steam : no. of houses dealt with | 119 |
| no. of rooms dealt with | 516 | no. of rooms dealt with | 307 |
| no. of articles disinfected | 21,100 | no. of articles disinfected | 975 |
| †Hot air : no. of articles treated | 13,839 | ||
| † Ceased to operate after November. | |||
VACCINATION
| Number of names received in birth lists | 270 | Certificates of insusceptibility received | - |
| Certificates of successful vaccination received | 51 | Statutory declarations of objections received | 70 |
| „ „ postponement received | - |
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Number of children who had completed a full course of immunisation at any time up to 31st December, 1946:—
| Age at 31st December, 1946 | Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | Total under 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number immunised | 57 | 321 | 419 | 321 | 385 | 1,942 | 1,787 | 5,232 |
| Estimated mid-year population | 3,450 | 6,580 | 10,030 | |||||
| Estimated Percentage of child population limmunised | 43.5 | 56.5 | ||||||
TUBERCULOSIS
| (1) | P) | (3) | (4) | Pulmonary notifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (II) | |||||||
| 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 | 577 | 6.6 | 10 | 47 | 46 | 38 | 57 | 35 | 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 | 176 | 45 | 55 |
| *1933-1937 | 88 | 147 | 1.7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 121 | 43 | 57 |
| *1938-1942 | 57 | 101 | 1.8 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 84 | 43 | 57 |
| 1943 | 35 | 96 | 2.7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 82 | 31 | 69 |
| 1944 | 35 | 83 | 2.3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 75 | 45 | 55 |
| 1945 | 37 | 78 | 2.1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 64 | 44 | 56 |
| 1946 | 43 | 88 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 78 | 52 | 48 |
| * Averaged. | |||||||||||||