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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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21.
The numbers of persons who attended the Shoreditch Holiday & Rest Home at Copthorne during 1959 were as follows:-
| Adults | 255 |
| 10-18 years | 40 |
| 5-10 years | 126 |
| 9 months - 5 years | 216 |
| Under 9 months | 44 |
| Old Age Pensioners | 273 |
| Conference members | - |
| Total | 954 |
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. | Dinners | Teas | ||
| Hoxton Hall (2.30-4.30 p.m.) | M. | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 91 |
| F. | 14 | - | - | - | 71 | |||
| Bell ... ... (10.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.) | M. | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 45 | 99 |
| F. | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Haggerston (2.30-4.30 p.m.) | M. | - | - | 7 | - | - | 72 | |
| F. | - | - | 33 | 32 | - | |||
| Moorfields (10.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.) | M. | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 79 |
| F. | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Wenlock (10.30 a.m.-4.30p.m.) | M. | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 49 | 309 |
| F. | 39 | 42 | 37 | 59 | 27 | |||