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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The following table shows the numbers of cases of infectious disease (tuberculosis excluded) notified in the Borough, together with distribution as to quarter, age and Ward:—
| NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total | AGES. | WARDS. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Diagnosis revised subsequently. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 | Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | |||||||||
| Enteric fever | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | l | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Smallpox | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 83 | 134 | 147 | 171 | 535 | 11 | 194 | 288 | 30 | 12 | ... | ... | 22 | 100 | 52 | 62 | 65 | 99 | 86 | 49 | 531 | 78 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 140 | 99 | 102 | 111 | 452 | 16 | 177 | 198 | 34 | 24 | 3 | ... | 15 | 91 | 80 | 53 | 45 | 47 | 84 | 37 | 449 | 98 | 13 |
| Acute primary pneumonia. | 110 | 47 | 27 | 64 | 248 | 55 | 91 | 36 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 42 | 40 | 45 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 162 | ... | 130 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 9 | ... | 2 | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | ... | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 3 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 377 | 309 | 306 | 393 | 1,385 | 119 | 477 | 577 | 106 | 91 | 48 | 17 | 47 | 280 | 191 | 186 | 178 | 181 | 215 | 107 | 1,221 | 176 | 151 |
| Numbers and percentages of cases moved to hospitals. | 327 | 278 | 282 | 333 | 1,221 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 86.7% | 89.0% | 92.1% | 84.7% | 88.1% | |||||||||||||||||||