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Hackney 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: ORTHOPÆDIC, RHEUMATISM AND X-RAY CLINIC.Details are given in the following table of the patients treated during 1940 at the British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane:—

ORTHOPÆDIC, RHEUMATISM AND X-RAY CLINIC.

Details are given in the following table of the patients treated during 1940 at the British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane:—

Totals.Hackney Residents.
ChildrenAdults.
0-4 years.5-13 years.
Number of Attendances2,856391102,455
Number of Treatments given5,437711204,706
Number of Radiographs taken545148

Table: PUBLIC MORTUARY.Details of the bodies deposited in the Public Mortuary during the year are given in the following table:—

PUBLIC MORTUARY.

Details of the bodies deposited in the Public Mortuary during the year are given in the following table:—

Persons dying in Hackney.Persons dying elsewhere.Total.
Number of bodies deposited in the mortuary47679555
1. To await inquests(a) Infectious———
(b) Non-Infectious12431155
2. To await burial516
3. Cause of death certified by Coroner34747394
Number of post-mortem examinations made45975534

Table: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and of the action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:—

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.

The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and of the action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:—

Houses inspected on complaint2,839
„ „ after infectious disease464
„ „ under Sec. 9, Housing Act45
„ made fit „ „ „69
Inspections of factories and workshops142
„ „ bakehouses41
„ „ dairies and milkshops951
„ „ cowsheds11
„ „ slaughterhouses• 24
„ „ butchers' shops, stores and Meat Depot1,011
„ „ other food premises1,954
Visits re food control926
„ „salvage292
Drains and sanitary fittings examined1,857
,, repaired547
„ relaid41
Premises in which defects were foundall forms of inspection2,462
„ „ „ abated2,689
Total number of re-inspections15,515
Intimation notices served2,303
Statutory notices served516
Summonses issued for housing defects12