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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.
In the following table are set forth the numbers of children belonging to Shoreditch who were suffering from infectious diseases
| School. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps | Other diseases | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Street | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Bath Street | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| Canal Road | 2 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 73 | ||||
| Catherine Street | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | |||
| Central Street | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Chatham Gardens | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 33 | |||
| Chequer Street | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Christ Church | 2 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 61 | ||||
| Colman Street Ward | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Curtain Road | 52 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 124 | ||||
| Fellows Street | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 51 | |
| Gopsall Street | 1 | 38 | 89 | 41 | 22 | 29 | 43 | 263 | ||
| Haggerston Road | 6 | 10 | 24 | 61 | 36 | 3 | 17 | 157 | ||
| Hammond Square | 1 | 9 | 28 | 19 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 48 | 172 | |
| Maidstone Street | 2 | 3 | 15 | 100 | 43 | 7 | 15 | 103 | 288 | |
| Moreland Street | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Napier Street | 1 | 21 | 186 | 149 | 41 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 460 | |
| Queen's Head Street | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Queens Road | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Red vers Street | 2 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 27 | 131 | ||
| Rochelle Street | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| St. Columba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| St. John's Evangelist R. C. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| St. John's National | 34 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 98 | |||
| St. John's Road | 1 | 3 | 11 | 106 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 198 | |
| St. Joseph's | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| St. Mark's | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| St. Mary's | 9 | 13 | 6 | 32 | ||||||
| St. Monica's | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| St. Paul's | 8 | 2 | 13 | |||||||
| St. Saviour's | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||||||
| Scawfell Street | 10 | 41 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 197 | ||
| Scrutton Street | 3 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 41 | |||
| Shap Street | 3 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 118 | ||
| Trinity Place | 5 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 84 | ||||
| Turin Street | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Virginia Road | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 29 | ||||
| Wenlock Road | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 82 | 509 | 380 | 452 | 213 | 129 | 467 | 2747 |