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Shoreditch 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE II.
Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1926 in the Borough of Shoreditch.
| Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | At Ages —Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 15 to 6. | 65 and upwards. | Moor-fields. | Church. | Moxton. | Wenlock | Whit- more | Kings-lane | ilagger- stone. | Acton. | |||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 372 | 14 | 144 | 153 | 37 | 19 | 5 | ... | 9 | 69 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 36 | 45 | 29 | 372 |
| Erysipelas | 52 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
| Scarlet fever | 432 | 5 | 144 | 259 | 20 | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | 63 | 83 | 72 | 67 | 50 | 36 | 55 | 432 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Relapsing fever (R), Continued fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 8 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 7 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 225 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 85 | 62 | 1 | 44 | 34 | 34* | 38 † | 13 | 22 | 28 | 216‡ | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 62 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 52‡ |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 66 | 66 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 13 | ... | 6 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 252 | 45 | 113 | 27 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 211 ‡ |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 33 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 6‡ |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Trench fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1,530 | 142 | 437 | 489 | 170 | 161 | 114 | 17 | 37 | 275 | 261 | 261 | 25G | 142 | 155 | 143 | 1,353 |
* This Number includes the cases of consumption notified from the Holborn Institution, Highgate,
f This includes the cases of consumption in the St. Leonard's Hospital.
J Removed to St. Leonard's and oth-r Hospitals or Sanatoria. It is to be noted that the cases of tuberculosis removed during the year
included cases certified in previous years as well as cases certified in 1925.