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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1950 (confirmed diagnosis).

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1950 (confirmed diagnosis).

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.Total number of confirmed casesAGES.Deaths.
under 1 year1-5 years.5-15 years. .15-25 years.25 - 45 years.45 - 65 years65 years (plus)
Scarlet fever541232631---
Diphtheria20-51032---
Puerperal pyrexia2---11---
Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia301535844-
Erysipelas9--1-431-
Meningococcal infection.2-2------
Ophthalmia neonatorum66-------
Acute poliomyelitis - paralytic3-21-----
- non-paralytic11-------
Dysentery271173-411-
Measles323111921191----
Whooping cough22928133671----
Scabies16-36421--
Totals72249382236182296-
Tuberculosis - pulmonary61221191617417
- non-pulmonary8-2411--3
Food Poisoning16-310111--

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The following diseases are notifiable
Anthrax, Cholera, Continued fever, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Acute Encephalitis,
Enteric fever, Erysipelas, Glanders, Hydrophobia, Malaria, Measles, Membranous
croup, Meningococcal infection, Ophthalmia neonatorum, Plague, Acute influenzal and
primary Pneumonia, Acute Poliomyelitis, Puerperal pyrexia, Scabies, Scarlet fever
or Scarlatina, Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Typhoid fever, Typhus fever, Whooping cough.