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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | E.M.A.I. | F. | 47 | 23, Buttesland Street | Oct. 9 | Oct. 21 | Satisfactory | |
| *64 | G.S. | M. | 12 | 85, Wilmer Gardens | Oct. 2 | Oct. 21 | Satisfactory | Was a playmate of children from infected houses. |
| 65 | E.F. | F. | 17 | 49, Haberdasher Street | Oct. 13 | Oct. 22 | Satisfactory | |
| 66 | J.E.B. | F. | 16| | 23, Wimbourne Street | Oct. 1 | Oct. 22 | Sati sfactory | |
| *67 | A.M. | M. | 17 | 14, Louisa Street | Aug. 30 | Not certified. | Fair | Previous cases in neighbourhood, but nothing definite to connect. |
| *68 | A.M. | M. | 43 | 14, Louisa Street | Oct. 6 | Oct. 26 | Fair- | Case 67. who was his son. He nursed his son during his illness; no medical man was called in. |
| *69 | L.H.S. | F. | 5 | 50, Pearson Street | Oct,. 17 | Oct. 26 | Satisfactory | Case 54, who was her sister. |
| *70 | E.W. | M. | 23 | 30, Ware Street | Sept. 7 | Not certified. | Satisfactory | Previous cases in the neighbourhood, but nothing definite to show connection. |
| *71 | J.W. | M. | l-A | 30, Ware Street | Oct. 1 | Not certified. | Satisfactory | Case 70. |
| *72 | J.W. | F. | 23 | 30, Ware Street | Oct. 6 | Oct. 29 | Satisfactory | |
| 73 | F.B. | M. | 16 | 18, Bristow Street | Oct. 28 | Nov. 12 | Satisfactory | Possibly connected with Case 56. |
| *74 | C.M. | F. | 4 | 14, Louisa Street.. | Oct. 22 | Nov. 13 | Fair | Case 68, her father, possibly Case 67, her brother. |
| 75 | E.D. | F. | 29 | 13, Stratford Place | Nov. 12 | Nov. 25 | Fair | |
| 76 | G.D. | M. | 12 | 13, Stratford Place | Nov. 20 | Nov. 2b | Fair | Possibly case 75. |
| *77 | E.L. | M. | 7 | 31, Ware Street | Nov. 18 | Nov. 26 | Fair | Case 71. Eelatives of Cases 70-72. |
| 78 | M.O. | F. | 11 | 120, Britannia Street | Oct. 16 | Nov. 26 | Fair | |
| 79 | EE. | F. | 27 | 120, Britannia Street | Nov. 13 | Nov. 27 | Fair | Case 78. |
| *60 | A.L. | F. | 15 | 31, Ware Street | Nov. 12 | Nov. 27 | Fair | Case 71. Eelatives of Cases 70-72. |
| *81 | J.C. | M. | 10 | 29, Ware Street | Nov. 15 | Nov. 29 | Fair | |
| *82 | H.M. | M. | 14 | 206, Hoxton Street | Nov. 17 | Nov. 29 | U nsatisf actory | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases iu the neighbourhood. |
| *83 | C.L. | F. | 20 | 31, Ware Street .. | Nov. 20 | Nov. 30 | Fair | Case VI. Eelatives of Cases 70-72. |
| 84 | L.Q. | F. | 35 | 10, Henson House | Nov. 10 | Nov. 30 | Fair | |
| *85 | L.M. | F. | 4 | 4, Watson's Place | Nov. 23 | Dec. 2 | Fair | Case 81. During the daytime L.M. was kept at No. 29, Ware Street. Possibly casft 93. |
| *86 | S.E. | F. | 8 | 4, Watson's Place | Nov. 23 | Dec. 2 | Fair | Case 93. |
| 87 | J.W. | M. | 20 | 30, Hyde Eoad | Nov. 19 | Dec. 3 | Fair | |
| *88 | G.H. | M. | 20 | 73, Phillip Street.. | Nov. 10 | Dec. 3 | Fair | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases but the mother of this patient resided in Wilmer Gardens and knew several of the families in which cases occurred. She left Wilmer Gardens on Oct. 12th. |
| *89 | D.S. | F. | 12 | 9, Louisa Street | Nov. 16 | Dec. 4 | Unsatisfactory | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases. Case 74. |
| *90 | J.H. | M. | 18 | 14, Louisa Street | Nov. 14 | Dec. 5 | Fair | |
| *91 | A.E. | F. | 6 | 9, Louisa Street | Nov. 13 | Dec. 7 | Unsatisfactory | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases. |
| *92 | C.H. | M. | 11 | 55, Wilmer Gardens | Nov. 15 | Dec. 8 | Fair | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases, but the mother of this patient knew several of the families in which cases occurred. |
| *93 | F.F. | M. | 25 | 5, Watson's Place | Nov. 8 | Dec. 9 | Fair | Nothing definite to connect with previous cases. |
| *94 | J.L. | M. | 24 | 31, Ware Street | Nov. 26 | Dec. 9 | Fair | |
| 95 | MC. | F. | 37 | 5, Great Chart Street | Dec. 11 | Satisfactory | Tliis patient was removed with Scarlatina on November 25th. | |
| *96 | J.L. | M. | 19 | 31, Ware Street . | Nov. 23 | Dec. 14 | Fair | See note to cases 77 and 80-81. |
| *97 | G.H.H. | M. | 22 | 16, Ware Street | Dec. 8 | Dec. 15 | Fair | Probably connected with cases 94 and 96. Friends of the infected family were living in this house. |
| 98 | Y.E.B. | F. | 8 | 55, Harman Street | Dec. 5 | Dec. 16 | Fair | |
| 99 | J.Y. | F. | 28 | 22, Harvey Street | Dec. 4 | Dec. 19 | Unsatisfactory | D.Y., age 5, daughter of J.Y., was ill for a month before her mother, J.Y., was taken ill, the history was that of enteric fever, her case was not certified. |
| *100 | J.W. | F. | 7 | 10, Hertford Street | Dec. 16 | Dec. 24 | Unsatisfactory | Probably connected with cases in Ware Street. A Mis. S., oi No. 11, Ware Street, visited No. 10, Hertford Street about December 1st. Mrs. S. knew several of the infected families. |
| 101 | H.Y. | M. | 28 | 22, Harvey Street | Dec. 18 | Dec. 28 | Unsatisfactory | | Case 99, who was wife to case 101. |
| 102 | A.Y. | M. | 22 | 22, Harvey Street | Dec. 18 | Dec. 28 | Unsatisfactory | |
| *103 | L.M. | F. | 9 | 245, Kingsland Eoad | Dec. 18 | Dec. 28 | Satisfactory | This patient was a playmate of case 86. |
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In the above list the cases believed to have been connected are indicated by an asterisk. Towards the end of December,
the neighbourhood of Ware Street and Watson's Place was free from the disease, but families in HertfordStreet, and elsewhere
in the Borough, became infected. Cases belonging to the series continued during the early part of the current year and did
not cease until well on in April. One of the last to contract the disease was a Nurse in the Shoreditch Infirmary, who was
infected whilst nursing another Nurse who probably took the disease whilst nursing cases 101 and 102.