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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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Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1924 in the Borough of Shoreditch.
| Notifiable Disease. | 1 At all Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | At Ages —Years. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whit-more. | Kings-land. | Hagger-ston. | Acton. | ||||||||||
| 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | |||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 381 | 12 | 161 | 143 | 43 | 21 | 1 | ... | 10 | 68 | 55 | 62 | 51 | 38 | 55 | 42 | 379 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| Scarlet fever | 366 | 2 | 151 | 190 | 17 | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 59 | 61 | 51 | 72 | 36 | 64 | 20 | 361 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Relapsing fever (R), Continued fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 21 | ... | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Pulmonary'tuberculosis | 215 | ... | 3 | 11 | 51 | 85 | 59 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 30 | 38 * | 24† | 18 | 19 | 21 | 212‡ |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 51 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 53‡ |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 76 | 76 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 317 | 57 | 173 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 50 | 59 | 57 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 242‡ |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 41 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10‡ |
| Malaria | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Trench fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1,547 | 156 | 521 | 410 | 171 | 172 | 93 | 24 | 31 | 297 | 237 | 258 | 235 | 161 | 200 | 128 | 1,325 |
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* This Number includes the cases of consumption notified from the Holborn Institution, Highgate,
† This includes the cases of consumption in the Shoreditch Institution.
‡ Removed to the Shoreditch Institution, Hospitals or Sanatoria.