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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| No of case. | Patient's initials. | Sex. | Age. | Address. | Probable date of invasion. | Date of Certification. | Sanitary condition of dwelling. | Probable source of infection. Remarks. |
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| *23 | A.E.C, | M. | 14 | 32, Watson's Place | July 7 | July 21 | Unsatisfactory | Cases 7 to 10 through an infected family in Islington. These boys are cousins and shared the same bed. Possibly case 24 infected case 23. |
| *24 | H. J.L. | M. | 13 | 32, Watson's Place | June 28 | July 21 | Unsatisfactory | |
| *25 | A.W. | M. | 15 | 237, Ivingsland Eoad | July 16 | July 24 | Fair | The mother of this patient was ill from the middle of May to the middle of July. She had typhoid fever and her case was connected with previous cases in Ware Street and Nancy Street. She probably infected her son. |
| *26 | —.W. | F. | 25 | 1, Nancy Street | J ulv 13 | Jufy 25 | Fair | This patient was mother to case 20 and slept in the same bed with her when she was ill |
| *27 | A.C. | F. | 36 | 32, Watson's Place | July 20 | July 27 | Unsatisfactory | Case 23. A.C. is his mother and nursed, him for a time. |
| *28 | E.P. | F. | 4 | 6, Watson's Place | June 22 | Not certified | Fair | Cases 7 to 10 through an unrecognised case, |
| *29 | W.H.P | M. | 28 | 6, Watson's Place | July 7 | Aug. 6 | Fair | Case 28. W.H.P. was her father. |
| *30 | M.A.P. | P. | 2½ | 6, Watson's Place | July 1 | Aug. 6 | Fair | Case 28. Sister to case 28. |
| *31 | M.A.S. | P. | 54 | 6, Watson's Place | July 16 | Aug. 8 | Fair | Cases 29 or 30. M.A.S. is aunt to cases 28 and 29. |
| *32 | J.D. | M. | 16 | 22, Wilmer Gardens | July 24 | Aug. 8 | Unsatisfactory | Nothing definite to show connection with previous cases. |
| *33 | K.P. | F. | 35 | 49, Grange Street | July 3 | Aug. 9 | Fair | Case 33 is mother to cases 34-37, and probably infected them. Nothing definite to show how case 33 contracted the disease. She was, however, in the habit of shopping in Hoxton Street in the neighbourhood of Wilmer Gardens, from stalls. |
| *34 | M.P. | F. | 14 | 49, Giange Street | Aug. 3 | Aug. 9 | Fair | |
| *35 | A.P. | M. | 1 | 49, Grange Street | Aug. 3 | Aug. 10 | Fair | |
| *36 | A.P. | M. | 9 | 49, Grange Street | Aug. 2 | Aug. 10 | Fair | |
| *37 | W.P. | M. | 11 | 49, Grange Street | Aug. 2 | Aug. 10 | Fair | |
| *38 | C.M. | M. | 2 | 237, Ivingsland Eoad | June 15 | Aug. 15 | Fair | Same source of infection as case 25. |
| *39 | J.M. | F. | 28 | 237, Kingslmd Eoad | July 20 | Aug. 15 | Fair | Case 38, who was brother to these patients. Case 39 did washing for the family, to which case 25 belonged. |
| *40 | A.M. | F. | 6 | 237, Kingslrind Eoad | July 27 | Aug. 15 | Fair | |
| *41 | F.M. | F. | 8 | 237, Kingsland Eoad | June 15 | Not certified | Fair | Same source of infection as case 25. |
| *42 | E.W. | F. | 44 | 58, Wilmer Gardens | July 16 | Aug. 15 | Unsatisfactory | Nothing definite to show connection with previous cases. |
| 43 | A.E. | M. | 29 | 42, Hai-man Street | July 20 | Aug. 19 | Fair | |
| *44 | G.R. | F. | 29 | 51, Wilmer Gardens | Aug. 10 | Aug. 26 | Fair | Nothing definite to show connection with previous cases. |
| *45 | A.J. | F. | 21 | Shoreditch Infirmary | Aug. 14 | Aug. 27 | Satisfactory | Maid in Nursing home at Shoreditch infirmary, where some of the cases were treated. Case possibly connected with the cases in Nancy Street. |
| *46 | P.P. | M. | 16 | 94, Wilmer Gardens | Aug. 15 | Sept. 1 | Fair | Was a friend of case 32, and was possibly infected by him. |
| *47 | J.S. | M. | 24 | 17, Herbert Street | Aug. 19 | Sept. 2 | Satisfactory | Nothing d^nite to connect with previous cases. Patient at the time he was infected was a potman in a public house close to the infected neighbourhood. |
| *48 | H.P. | F. | 26 | 58, Wilmer Gardens | July 20 | Sept. 15 | Unsatisfactory | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases. |
| *49 | W.P. | M. | 47 | 94, Wilmer Gardens | Sept. 4 | Sept. 17 | Fair | Case 46, who was son to this patient. |
| *50 | A.W. | M. | 30 | 3, Eeeves Place | Sept. 7 | Sept. 19 | Fair | Possibly connected with previous cases in Nancy Street. A baby belonging to case 50 was kept during the daytime at a house in Nancy Street. |
| 51 | A.C. | M. | 16 | 86, Crondall Street | Sept. 14 | Sept. 22 | Unsatisfactory | |
| *52 | E:P. | F. | 10 | 58, Wilmer Gardens | Sept. 10 | Sept. 24 | Unsatisfactory | Case 48, who is her mother. |
| *53 | A.J. | F. | 10 | 63, Wilmer Gardens | Sept. 21 | Sept. 30 | Played with children from 94 and 58, Wilmer Gardens (cases 46, 48, and 49). | |
| *54 | A.A.S. | F. | 11 | 50, Pearson Street | Sept. 20 | Oct. 1 | Satisfactory | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases. Her mother sometimes took her marketing in Hoxton Street, close to infected neighbourhood. |
| 55 | G.L | M. | 23 | 11, Drysdaie Place | Sept. 20 | Oct. 3 | Fair | |
| 56 | A.J.W. | F. | 19 | Sept. 23 | Oct. 5 | Fair | ||
| 57 | H.W. | M. | 3S | 8, Britannia Dwellings | Sept. 4 | Oct. 6 | Satisfactory | |
| *58 | S.W. | F. | 25 | 3, Eeeves Place | Sept. 21 | Oct. 6 | Fair | Case 50, who is her husband. |
| *59 | N.E. | F. | 13 | 2, Shaftesbury Street | Sept. 1 | Oct. 6 | Satisfactory | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases, but was employed in infected neighbourhood at time of infection. |
| *60 | L.H. | F. | 9 | 17, Shaftesbury Street | Sept. 25 | Oct. 10 | Satisfactory | Possibly case 59, but nothing definite was obtained. |
| 61 | J.G. | M. | 37 | 51, Provost Street | Sept. 16 | Oct. 10 | Satisfactory | |
| *62 | M.N. | F. | 28 | Shoreditch Infirmary | Oct. 11 | Oct. 20 | Satisfactory | Nurse in ward where cases 29 and 47 were treated. |
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