Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE III.
Shewing the number of cases of Epidemic diseases admitted under the charge of the District Medical Officers, during the 13 weeks ending 27th September, 1856.
DISTRICT. | Medical Officer. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhcea. | Typhus. | Total of Epidemics. | Total cases of Sickncss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church End North | Mr. Greenwood | 20 | 171 | 36 | 227 | 955 | |||
Church End South | Dr. Burchell | 6 | 6 | 17 | 239 | 84 | 352 | 1009 | |
Hoxton | Mr. Coward | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 165 | 13 | 210 | 734 |
Totals | 20 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 575 | 133 | 789 | 2698 | |
Holywell & Moorfields | Mr. Collier | 3 | 2 | 69 | 74 | ||||
Workhouse | Mr. Clark | 23* | 658 |
Mr. Collier's Returns extend to the week ending 2nd August, only.
*In this number Three are included in Out-door Medical Officers Returns.
The number of cases of the several Epidemics in Workhouse are not given ; cases often arise amongst the resident population
of the house. The number 23 of Typhus is the number admitted labouring at the time under that disease.
Taking the Three Divisions of which the returns are complete, we find 2698 cases of Sickness of all kinds, of which 789,
or considerably more than one fourth were cases of zymotic disease.
TABLE IV.
Shewing the Mortality from Six Epidemic Diseases in each of the six Registration Sub-Districts, during the 13 weeks ending 27th September, 1856.
REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total of Epidemics. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Holywell | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
2. St. Leonard's | 7 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 39 | ||
3. Hoxton New Town | |||||||
2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 47 | ||
4. Hoxton Old Town | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | |
5. Haggerstone West | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 38 | |
6. Haggerstone East | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 21 | |
Totals | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 92 | 47 | 198 |