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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 IX.—
| Ref. No. | Sex | Age | Address. | Date of Invasion. | Date of Erup'ion | Date of Removal tc Hospital. | Occupation. | As to Vaccination. | Source of Infection. | Sanitary condition of House. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | F. | 18 | 92, Chatham Avenue | Mar. 24 | Mar. 27 | Mar. 27 | Machinist | Unvaccinated | Case of illness, probably Small-pox, which died at 42, Wimborne Street. | Fair | ....... |
| 308 | F. | 5 | 42, Wimbourne St. | Mar. 25 | Mar. 27 | Mar. 28 | School | Unvaccinated | Same source as 307 | Case confluent—fatal | |
| 309 | M. | 18 | 21, Charles Square | ? | Mar. 28 | Mar. 28 | Collar cutter | Infancy and March 18/02. | Probably in Lewisham | Satisfactory | ....... |
| 310 | F. | 23 | 34, Gt. James Street | Mar. 27 | Mar. 28 | Mar. 28 | Housewife | Infancy | Previous cases in the house—265 probably | Fair | Infection possibly through clothing |
| 311 | F. | 15 | 32, Hileott Street | ? | Mar. 29 | Mar. 29 | ....... | Infancy, Re-Vac. Mar.24/02 | Case 293 | Dirty | ....... |
| 312 | F. | 19 | 32, Hileott Street | ? | Mar. 29 | Mar. 29 | ....... | Infancy, Re-Vac. Mar.24/02. | " | " | ....... |
| 313 | M. | 7 | 32, Hileott Street | ? | Mar. 29 | Mar. 29 | ....... | Primary Vac. March 24/02. | " | " | ....... |
| 314 | M. | 13 | 16, Buckland Street | Mar. 28 | Mar. 30 | Mar. 31 | School | Infancy andRe-Vac. Mar.22/02. | Case 292 probably | Satisfactory | ....... |
| 315 | M. | 38 | 197, High Street | Mar. 28 | Mar. £0 | April 1 | Publican | Infancy | Unknown | " | ....... |
| 316 | M. | 5 | 56, Grange Street | Not Small-pox | .. | ....... | ....... | ....... | .... | ....... | |
| 317 | F. | 17 | 32, Hileott Street | Mar. 29 | Mar. 29 | ....... | Infancy and March 24/02. | Case 293 | Dirty | ....... | |
| 318 | M. | 19 | 44, Harman Street | Mar. 28 | April 1 | April 1 | Glass beveller | Infancy | Unknown | Fair | ....... |
| 319 | M. | 22 | 37, Taplow Street | Mar. 30 | April 3 | April 3 | Cloth working and packing | Infancy | " | Satisfactory | ....... |
| 320 | F. | 26 | 2, Parr Street | ? | April 3 | April 4 | Housewife | Infancy and March 25/02. | Case 289 | Fair | ....... |
| 321 | F. | 24 | 27, Aske Street | April 3 | April 6 | April 6 | " | Infancy | Unknown | " | ....... |
| 322 | F. | 25 | 24, Westmorland Place | April 5 | April 6 | April 7 | Button upholstering | " | From 53, Baldwin Street, orignally from Case 32, per Case 123 | ....... | |
| 323 | F, | 30 | 46, Essex Street | April 2 | April 6 | April 7 | Boxmaker | Case 290 | Dirty and Dilapidated | ....... | |
| 324 | F. | 14J | 112, Provost Street | April 5 | April 7 | April 7 | Envelope maker | " | Unknown | Fair | ....... |