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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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28.
The average attendances at the clubs at the end of the year were as follows:-
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old People's Clubs | Average weekly number of attendances | Av. weekly No. of | |||||||
| M. | Tu. | w. | Th. | Fr. | Sat. | Darners | Teas. | ||
| Hoxton Hall | M. | 23 | 68 | ||||||
| F. | 45 | ||||||||
| Bell | M. | 30 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 175 | 194 | |
| F. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Haggerston Mission. | M. | 15 | 20 | 110 | |||||
| F. | 22 | 53 L | |||||||
HOLIDAY HOME,
Towards the end of 1947 the Council considered the possibility of
adapting Effingham House, Copthorne, for use as a Holiday Home, and
application was made to the Minister of Health for his sanction to the
appropriation of this property from Maternity and Child Welfare purposes
under the provisions of Section 4 of the Physical Training and Recreation
Act, 1937. Formal consent was given by the Minister on 22nd April, 1948.
The Home is available to residents of Shoreditch and members of the
Old People's Clubs, all applications being considered by a special Subcommittee.
A scale of charges for holidays has been fixed, but in
certain cases where family circumstances are suoh as to create hardship
if the charge is made in accordance with the scale, the Sub-Committee may
reduce the charge.
The numbers of persons who attended for holidays during the last six
months of the year are as follows:-
Adults 55
10-18 years 29
5-10 year44
9 months - 5 years 78
Under 9 months 11
Old People 38
Conference members 16