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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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the Borough for each of the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentages
of the cases removed to hospital:—
| Disease. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | ..... | |||||
| Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina | 79 | 84 | 98 | 105 | 366 | 2 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 65 | 109 | 90 | 117 | 381 | 15 |
| Typhus Fever | ||||||
| Cholera | ..... | ..... | ||||
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid) | 3 | ..... | ..... | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Continued Fever | ..... | ..... | ..... | ............. | ..... | ..... |
| Relapsing Fever | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 54 | ..... |
| Plague | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ..... | 1 | 1 | ..... | 2 | 2 |
| Glanders | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
| Anthrax | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
| Hydrophobia | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | |
| Anterior Polio-myelitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 21 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 76 | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 126 | 38 | 30 | 123 | 317 | 43 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 18 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 5 |
| Malaria | ..... | 2 | ..... | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dysentery | ..... | ........ | ..... | ..... | ||
| Trench Fever | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
| Totals | 326 | 278 | 265 | 412 | 1,281 | 72 |
| Numbers and percentages of cases removed to hospitals. ) | 265 81-3% | 241 86-7% | 240 90-5% | 314 76-2% | 1,060 82-7% | ..... ..... |
As compared with the figures for 1923 there is a decrease in the number of cases
of scarlet fever and an increase in the number of diphtheria cases. Cases of anterior
polio-myelitis (infantile paralysis) and encephalitis lethargica (sleepy sickness) both
show marked increases and the cases of pneumonia also are increased.
ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS CASES.
In the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board are received cases of scarlet
^ver, smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, enteric, typhus and continued
fevers, relapsing fever, also cases of encephalitis lethargica and cerebro-spinal fever,