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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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BOROUGH OF SHOEBDITCH.
Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1903.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notifed in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospi tal from each Locality. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Shore-ditch South. | Hoxlon New Town. | Hoxton Old Town. | Haggers-ton. | Shore-ditch South. | Hoxton New Town. | Hox on Old Town. | Haggers' ton. | ||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 151 | 7 | 79 | 47 | 13 | 5 | ... | 22 | 27 | 28 | 74 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 70 |
| Membranous croup | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 147 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 88 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 26 | 53 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 255 | 17 | 92 | 122 | 17 | 7 | ... | 29 | 75 | 55 | 96 | 27 | 71 | 54 | 86 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 100 | ... | 5 | 31 | 32 | 32 | ... | 13 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 24 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | •• | ... | ... | ... |
| *Chicken pox | 39 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | 17 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 703 | 33 | 211 | 226 | 78 | 137 | 18 | 99 | 198 | 141 | 265 | 55 | 121 | 108 | 184 |