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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| Year. | No. of case. | Length of time ihe primary (infecting) case was detained in hospital. | Number of days which elapsed between the date the primary (infecting) case returned home and the date the secondary (infected) case fell ill. | Lesions observed in primary case when same returned from hospital. | Number of cases resulting presumably from primary case, so far as could be traced. | REMARKS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 23 | 8 „ | 1 „ | Face 'red and scurfy.' Rhinorrhœa with sore nostrils | 1 M | Primary case a male. Secondary case attending school. |
| " | 24 | 9 „ | 3 „ | 1M & 1F | Primary case a female. Mother stated she was free from spots &c., and looked well on her return. | |
| " | 25 | 8 „ | 2 „ | 1 F | Primary case a male. Appeared quite well. Secondary case attending school. | |
| " | 26 | 12 „ | 11 „ | Rhinorrhoea, and Otorrhœa. (Nasal and aural discharges). | 2 M | Primary case a female. Discharges were observed by mother on return from hospital. When I saw her there was little or no discharge. |
| 1898 | 27 | 11 „ | 15 „ | 1 F | Primary case a female. According to enquiries made by sanitary inspector nothing was noticeable about the primary case on return from hospital. | |
| " | 28 | 9 „ | 16 „ | 1 F | Primary case a male, free from sores, discharges and peeling,according to mother's statement—secondary case attending school. | |
| " | 29 | 5½ „ | 4 „ | Rhinorrhcea and sore nose | 1 F | Primary case a male. |
| " | 30 | 8 „ | 8 „ | 1 M | Primary case a male— no-thing definite about primary case observed. |