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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE II.
Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1914 in the Borough of Shoreditch.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Moor-fields, | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock | Whit-more, | Kings-land, | Hagger-ston, | Acton. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous group) | 217 | 15 | 90 | 89 | 12 | 10 | 1 | ... | 5 | 43 | 34 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 206 |
| Erysipelas | 197 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 69 | 56 | 22 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 27 | 48 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 60 |
| Scarlet Fever | 429 | 6 | 107 | 280 | 27 | 9 | ... | ... | 12 | 64 | 69 | 77 | 69 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 425 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 19 | ... | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Relapsing fever (R), Continued fever (C) | 1(C) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 478 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 55 | 195 | 135 | 29 | 13 | 78 | 74 | 63* | 149† | 36 | 31 | 34 | 296‡ |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 126 | 31 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11‡ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 1,508 | 89 | 245 | 484 | 134 | 304 | 200 | 52 | 37 | 255 | 217 | 213 | 355 | 145 | 150 | 136 | 1,030 |
* This Number includes the cases of consumption notified from the Holborn Union Infirmary. Hijjhgate.
† This includes the cases of consumption in the Shoreditch Workhouse.
‡ Removed to the Shoreditch Infirmary, Hospitals and Sanatoria.