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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The numbers of persons who attended the Shoreditch Holiday & Rest Home at Copthome during 1958 were as follows :-
| Adults | 234 |
| 10-18 years | 36 |
| 5-10 years | 82 |
| 9 months - 5 years | 185 |
| Under 9 months | 35 |
| Old Age Pensioners | 260 |
| Conference members | - |
| Total | 832 |
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. | Pri. | Sat. | Dinners | Teas | ||
| Hoxton Hall | M. | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 119 |
| (2.3O-4.3O p.m.) | F. | 23 | "" | - | - | 89 | - | ||
| Bell | M. | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | - | 66 | 107 |
| (10.30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m.) | F. | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 13 | - | ||
| Haggerston | M. | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 83 |
| (2.3O-4.3O p.m.) | F. | - | - | 36 | 35 | - | - | ||
| Moorfields | M. | - | 1 | 1 | - | 39 | 78 | ||
| (10.3O a.m.-4-30 p.m. | F. | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | - | ||
| Wenlock | M. | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 72 | 380 | |
| (10.3O a.m.-4.30 p.m.) | F. | 46 | 48 | 46 | 67 | 33 | - | ||