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
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from 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. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15to25 | 25to65 | 65 and upwards. | Moor-lields. | Church | Hoxton | Wen-lock. | Whit-more. | Kings-land. | Hag-gerston | Acton. | Moor-lields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wen- lock. | Whit-more. | Kings-land. | Hag-gerston. | Acton. | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 179 | 15 | 97 | 57 | 5 | 5 | .. | 19 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
Membranous croup | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | 143 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 90 | 17 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Scarlet fever | 339 | 5 | 125 | 172 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 55 | 60 | 44 | 56 | 25 | 33 | 48 | 17 | 55 | 60 | 42 | 56 | 24 | 32 | 46 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 49 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 729 | 29 | 235 | 253 | 60 | 133 | 19 | 47 | 129 | 112 | 102 | 132 | 62 | 61 | 84 | 39 | 93 | 93 | 69 | 106 | 49 | 48 | 71 |