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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 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE III.
Shewing New Cases of Disease coming under treatment of the Poor Law Medical Officers, during the quarter ending the 28th March, 1857.
| District. | Medical Officer. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough | Diarrhoea. | Continued Fever. Typhus & Typhoid. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammations. | All Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church End North | Mr. Greenwood | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 97 | 26 | 642 |
| Church End South | Dr. Burchel | 1 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 133 | 73 | 583 |
| Hoxton | Mr. Coward | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 628 |
| Workhouse | Mr. Clark | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 33 | 33 | 45 | 800 |
| Holywell and Moorfields | Mr. Collier* | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 85 | 38 | 618 |
| Totals | 4 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 105 | 374 | 198 | 3271 | |
* The Returns for this District being imperfect, average numbers calculated from Sickness-returns
of the other districts, have been substituted for the true numbers.