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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Excluding tuberculosis the following table shows the numbers of cases of infectious disease certified in the Borough, the numbers of the cases removed to hospital and the numbers of deaths attributed to the diseases specified, the numbers of cases for the four quarters of the year being also given : —
| Disease. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina | 88 | 114 | 136 | 94 | 432 | 432 | 4 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 109 | 70 | 70 | 123 | 372 | 372 | 12 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 45 | 51 | 38 | 118 | 252 | 211 | 33 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 14 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 26 | 5 |
| Typhus Fever | |||||||
| Cholera | |||||||
| Continued Fever | |||||||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||
| Plague | |||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Glanders | |||||||
| Hydrophobia | |||||||
| Anterior Polio-myelitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 66 | 6 | |
| Malaria | |||||||
| Dysentery | |||||||
| Trench Fever | |||||||
| Totals | 293 | 271 | 287 | 392 | 1,243 | 1,085 | 66 |
| Numbers and Per centages of cases removed to hospi tals. | 254 | 247 | 256 | 328 | 1,085 | ||
| 86.7% | 91.1% | 89.2% | 83.7% | 87.3% |
As compared with the figures for 1925 there were fewer cases of diphtheria,
scarlet fever and erysipelas, whilst cases of ophthalmia neonatorum show an increase.
ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS CASES.
The hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board receive cases of smallpox,
scarlet fever, diphtheria and membranous croup, enteric, typhus and continued
fevers, relapsing fever, anterior polio-myelitis, encephalitis lethargica, cerebro-spinal
fever, puerperal fever, trench fever, malaria and dysentery, and in some instances cases
of measles and whooping cough.