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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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24.
The numbers of persons who attended the Shoreditch Holiday & Rest Home at Copthorne during 1957 were as follows:-
| Adults | 246 |
| 10-18 years | 22 |
| 5-10 years | 92 |
| 9 months - 5 years | 199 |
| Under 9 months | 41 |
| Old Age Pensioners | |
| Conference members | – |
| Total | 886 |
The following table shows the average attendances at the Old People's Clubs during the year
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old People's Clubs | Average number of attendances | Av. weekly No.of | |||||||
| Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thu. | Fri. | Sat. | Dinners | Teas | ||
| Hoxton Hall (2.30-4.30 p.m.) | M. | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 122 |
| F. | 22 | — | — | — | 91 | — | |||
| Bell (10,30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m.) | M. | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | _ | 64 | 108 |
| F. | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| Haggerston (2.30-4.30 p.m.) | M. | — | — | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 84 |
| F. | — | — | 38 | 32 | — | — | |||
| Moorfields (10.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.) | K. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 38 | 71 |
| F. | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 12 | — | |||
| Wenlock (10.30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m.) | M. | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | — | 78 | 507 |
| F. | 45 | 51 | 46 | 68 | 33 | — | |||