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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE II.
Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1915 in the Borough of Shoreditch.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1. | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whit-more. | Kings-land. | Hagger-ston. | Acton. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous group) | 269 | 8 | 105 | 131 | 17 | 8 | ... | ... | 11 | 65 | 31 | 14 | 40 | 50 | 46 | 12 | 266 |
| Erysipelas | 174 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 63 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 53 |
| Scarlet Fever | 546 | 17 | 165 | 321 | 29 | 13 | 1 | ... | 12 | 91 | 108 | 61 | 98 | 71 | 75 | 30 | 543 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Enteric fever | 20 | ... | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| Relapsing fever (R), Continued fever (C) | 2(C) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 40 | 13 | 11 | 1l | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 36 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 429 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 61 | 169 | 108 | 36 | 17 | 57 | 60 | 53* | 120† | 39 | 38 | 45 | 266‡ |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 130 | 24 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 22‡ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ... |
| Chicken pox | 159 | 18 | 65 | 71 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 16 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 19 |
| Totals | 1,809 | 117 | 409 | 625 | 166 | 247 | 180 | 65 | 65 | 301 | 273 | 212 | 390 | 213 | 225 | 130 | 1,236 |
*This Number includes the cases of consumption notified from the Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgatc.
†This includes the cases of consumption in the Shoreditch Workhouse.
‡Removed to the Shoreditch Infirmary, Hospitals and Sanatoria.