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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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Table: MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCES (INCLUDED ABOVE EXCEPT NURSERIES)

MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCES (INCLUDED ABOVE EXCEPT NURSERIES)

(1)(2) First(3) Total(1)(2) First(3) Total
Toddlers' clinic230452Artificial sunlight—mothers*---
Post-natal cases8080„ „ —children27106
Breast-feeding cases†19841 1Homecraft classes‡-223
Mothers without children-145Sun Babies Nursery4811,494
Diphtheria immunisation7602,922Brunswick Day Nursery6313,887

Table: DINING CENTRES

DINING CENTRES

,, ,, ,, lying-in mothers24-24
Dinners served to toddlers4,8591,6556,514
Mothers on register at end of year24832
Toddlers on register at end of year311142

Table: MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Copthorne : Admissions, mothers40Maternity dressings186
„ „ children133Minimum free milk allowances (M. & C.W.)35
„ Discharges & transfers, mothers41Maximum free milk allowances (M. & C.W.)75
,, ,, „ children127Free milk recipients (C.M.S.):— End of 1st quarter110
Mayfield : Admissions, childrenØ140
,, Discharges and transfers, children148„ 2nd154
Admissions to other convalescent homes6„ 3rd „78
D.N.A. visits under otorrhoea scheme50„ 4th89
Home help cases (M.C.W.)50
Midwifery : Borough midwives' cases136
„ Ante-natal visits920
*Re-opened 13-11-46. † Re-opened 12-3-46. ‡ Re-commenced 23-9-46. Ø Closed 13-12-46 for re-decorations.

Table: REPRODUCTIVE WASTAGE IN 5-YEAR PERIODS

REPRODUCTIVE WASTAGE IN 5-YEAR PERIODS

(1) Period(2) Stillbirth rate(3) Neonatal death rate(4) Rest of 1st year death rate(5) Total infant mortality rate = (3)+ (4)(6) Total wastage rate = (2)+ (3)+ (4)
1895-99---197-
1900-04---187-
1905-09-36117153-
1910-14-39110149-
1915-19-4198139-
1920-2422336396118
1925-2925255378103
1930-3431235275106
1935-393519365590
1940-442920335382
19453017223969
19462720123259
A blank indicates that figures are not recorded.

Table: GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION

GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION

District nursing association :—No. of common lodging houses1
cases visited.81Public mortuary—bodies received354
total visits780„ „ —post-mortem examinations344
No. of basement bakehouses11
Child life protection :—Persons receiving domiciliary relief at end of 1st quarter413
children received2
cases on register3„ „ „ 2nd „468
total visits60„ „ „ 3rd „419
,, ,, „ 4th „482
Total bacteriological and pathological exam inations made2,173Sheets for expectant mothers—No. of priority dockets issued328
No. of persons receiving insulin1
Social Welfare :—1
domestic help cases68
visits and interviews2,248