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Shoreditch 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE IV.

Shewing the number of cases of Epidemic diseases admitted under the care of th< District Medical Officers, during the thirteen weeks ending 27th December, 1856.

DISTRICT.MEDICAL OFFICERSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough,Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total of Epidemics.Total Cases of Sickness of all kinds.
Church End NorthMr. Greenwood...1911......5383552
Church End SouthDr. Burchell5512...2454101718
IloxtonMr. Coward11825...152584628
WorkhouseMr. Clark...........32124719
Holywell & MoorfieldsMr. Collier.........No Return.......
64248...431532922617

The facts aggregated in this Table shew the sickness from zymotic diseases
observed by the District Medical Officers, and the proportion of cases of this character
to the cases of all kinds which came under their care.

The following Table V. exhibits the total number of admissions into the Workhouse, with the number of admissions on account of sickness week by week.

October.November.
4th.11th.18th.25th.1st.8th.15 th.22nd.29th.
Total Admissions412542374038194423
Admissions from Sickness131918211317161910
December.
6th.13th.20th.27th.
Total Admissions29261538
Admissions from Sickness1414716

These admissions include 30 cases of zymotic diseases, and 20 cases of insanity.