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Shoreditch 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE II.
Cases of infectious disease notified during the Year 1927 in the Borough of Shoreditch.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| At Ages—Years. | Moor fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whit-more. | Kings- land. | Hagger-ston. | Acton. | |||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 467 | 11 | 195 | 208 | 33 | 19 | 1 | ... | 14 | 83 | 67 | 52 | 111 | 45 | 67 | 28 | 466 |
| Erysipelas | 62 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| Scarlet fever | 383 | 5 | 126 | 212 | 33 | 7 | ... | ... | 16 | 60 | 64 | 43 | 61 | 52 | 43 | 44 | 376 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Relapsing fever (R), Continued fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 34 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 19 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 186 | ... | 2 | ii | 45 | 73 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 40 | 27* | 231 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 200‡ |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 52 | ... | 13 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 51 ‡ |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 49 | 49 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 273 | 27 | 106 | 43 | 22 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 63 | 26 | 45 | 61 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 217‡ |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 21 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | 3 | 12 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 331‡ |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 1,552 | 99. | 447 | 498 | 178 | 186 | 114 | 30 | 45 | 274 | 230 | 210 | 302 | 164 | 197 | 130 | 1,394 |
* This Number includes the cases of consumption notified from the Holborn Institution, Highgate,
* This includes the cases of consumption in the St. Leonard's Hospital.
* Removed to St. Leonard's and other 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 1926.