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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 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE III.BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1902.

TABLE III.

BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.

Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1902.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notifed in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.1.2.3.4.1.2.3.4.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggers ton.
Small-pox4331336105961661725210671312420967130
Cholera.............................................
Diphtheria216109672308...2748469524424378
Membranous oroup7151.........1...33......1...
Erysipelas17341421221021028204184...1...1
Scarlet fever249588133212...216658104176255100
Typhus fever.............................................
Enteric fever149...8474846...4028285336262640
Relapsing fever.............................................
Continued fever3.........12......2...1............
Puerperal fever9.........54......225............
Plague.............................................
Chicken pox7549038028022...84224144302............
Totals199312362765922533227226600389778101340192349