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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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FOOT CLINIC.
The clinic, established in 1936, is situated in the Health Centre,
Laburnum Street. It deals with minor abnormalities of the feet such
as corns, bunions, ingrowing toenails,, etc. Orthopaedic cases are
referred either to the patient's own doctor or to hospital.
The staff consisted of two whole-time chiropodists and one parttime
chiropodist. The two whole-time chiropodists both undertook
11 sessions weekly, and the part-time chiropodist two or three sessions
weekly.
The total attendances during the first six months of 1948 were as follows :-
| Year | New Cases | Re-visits | Total attendances | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 5 to 15 years | 15 years (plus) | Total | |||
| 1948 Jan,- July | 4 | 20 | 236 | 260 | 4,931 | 5,191. |
VII,, SOCIAL WELFARE.
OLD PEOPLE'S CLUBS»
The Old People's Clubs continued to meet on Wednesday and Thursday
aftensoons at Haggerston Hall and on Monday afternoons at Hoxton Hall.
Attendance gradually increased throughout the year and the handicraft
classes at which weaving, basket-making, rug-making, toy-making, etc.
neve taught by L.C.C. instructors proved very popular. Several sales of
work of the articles made were held and the proceeds used towards the
cost of a visit to a pantomime and outings to the country and seaside.
During the year, a voluntary committee had obtained the use of a
disused Tavern in Shoreditch High Street at a nominal rental, and
appealed to the Counoil to co-cperate by repairing and adapting the
premises for a pensioners' club. This was accordingly done and the Bell
Pensioners' Club was opened in September, a full-time organiser being
appointed. The club is open from 10,30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to
Friday inclusive, and provides not only club rooms where games,cinema
shows, and other entertainments are held, but has a dining room to
which hot dinners are brought from the Londoners' Meals Service, the
cost of these being 8d. Tea and cakes are made on the premises.