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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE IV.
New Cases of Disease coming under care of the Poor-Law Surgeons during the 13 weeks ending April 3rd, 1858.
| Ague | Small Pox | Measles | Scarlatina | Hooping Cough | Erysipelas | Puerperal Fever | Influenza | Diarrhœa. | Cholera | Continued Fever (Typhus & Typhoid) | Rheumatism | Syphilis | Alcoholism | Scrofula | Phthisis | Brain Disease | Heart Disease | Lung Inflammations | Skin Diseases | Accidents | An Diseases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Greenwood Church End North | 6 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 148 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 124 | 44 | 5 | 614 | |||||
| Dr. Burchell Church End South | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 129 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 231 | 29 | 11 | 769 | |||||
| Mr. Collier Holywell & Moorfields | 1 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 96 | 55 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 191 | 20 | 20 | 669 | |||||
| Mr. Clark Workhouse | 15 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 47 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 102 | 60 | 10 | 560 | |||||
| Mr. Coward Hoxton | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 94 | 12 | 13 | 505 | |
| Totals | 3 | 13 | 70 | 23 | 60 | 21 | 2 | 51 | 103 | 1 | 435 | 123 | 35 | 3 | 29 | 62 | 80 | 8 | 742 | 165 | 59 | 3117 |