Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE III.
BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1908.
Notifiable Disbasr. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital fkom each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1. | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5, | 6. | 7. | 8. | ||||||
Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton | Wen-lock. | Whit-more. | Kings-land. | Has- gerston | Acton. | Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wen- lock. | Whit- more. | Kings-land. | Hag-gerston. | Acton. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 200 | 7 | 96 | 77 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 33 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 32 | |
Membranous croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 124 | 6 | 7 | .. | 17 | 63 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet fever | 590 | 10 | 215 | 328 | 25 | 12 | 28 | 114 | 85 | 69 | 80 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 28 | 112 | 84 | 68 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 70 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 101 | .. | 7 | 34 | 30 | 30 | .. | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Totals | 1028 | 27 | 328 | 449 | 84 | 118 | 22 | 60 | 173 | 132 | 122 | 218 | 107 | 97 | 119 | 50 | 149 | 120 | 100 | 181 | 95 | 84 | 104 |