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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
London County Council 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following table shows the notified cases which occurred during the year, and it will be observed that the disease was most prevalent in the Northern and Eastern districts.
| Metropolitan Borough | Number of cases notified. | Metropolitan Borough. | Number of cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 3 | Shoreditch | 788 |
| Kensington | 4 | Bethnal Green | 951 |
| Hammersmith | 21 | Stepney | 958 |
| Fulham | 7 | Poplar | 631 |
| Chelsea | — | ||
| Westminster City | 3 | ||
| South wark | 104 | ||
| Bermondsey | 47 | ||
| St. Marylebone | 6 | Lambeth | 46 |
| Hampstead | 3 | Battersea | 9 |
| St. Pancras | 175 | Wandsworth | 8 |
| Islington | 242 | Camberwell | 306 |
| Stoke Newington | 29 | Deptford | 48 |
| Hackney | 493 | Greenwich | 28 |
| Lewisham | 11 | ||
| Woolwich | 10 | ||
| Holborn | 14 | ||
| Finsbury | 193 | Total | 5,149 |
| City of London | 11 |
Of the deaths referred to in this table, 10 occurred among patients from the
administrative county of London.
Smallpox Deaths, 1930.
| Borough. | Age. | Sex. | Vaccinal conditions. | Date of death. | Certified cause of death. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch | 10 years | M. | Unvacc. | 12.1.30 | I. (a) Encephalomyelitis. (6) Smallpox. |
| Bethnal Green | 11 years | F. | Unvacc. | 1.3.30 | I. (a) Pyaemia (cause not known). II. Smallpox, discrete modified. |
| Bethnal Green | 3 days | F. | Unvacc. | 1.3.30 | I. (o) Smallpox. (6) Prematurity. II. Jaundice. |
| Poplar | 45 years | F. | Infancy | 24.2.30 | I. (a) Mitral stenosis. (6) Pleurisy. II. Smallpox. |
| Camberwell | 7 months | F. | Unvacc. | 11.4.30 | I. (o) Bronchial pneumonia. (6) Pertussis. (c) Smallpox. |
| Stepney | 60 years | F. | Infancy | 2.4.30 | I. (a) Heart failure. |
| Stepney | 46 years | F. | Infancy | 12.4.30 | I. (a) Myocarditis. (6) Cerebral thrombosis. II. Smallpox. |
| Finsbury | 4 weeks | M. | Unvacc. | 22.4.30 | I. (a) Smallpox. (6) Pyaemia. |
| Islington | 5 weeks | F. | Unvacc. | 1.8.30 | I. (a) Smallpox. (6) Pyaemia. |
| Stepney | 58 years | M. | (T) | 31.10.30 | I. (a) Myocarditis. II. Smallpox. |
During the year passengers and crews from ships from Bombay, Sydney,
Yokohama and Hamburg, which had had cases of smallpox on board, arrived in
London. No case of the virulent type of smallpox, however, occurred in London.