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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| 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 3. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 65 | Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wen-lock. | Whit-more. | Kings-laiul. | Hagger-ston. | Acton | |||||||||
| Enteric fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 |
| Smallpox | 4 | 23 | 65 | 154 | 246 | 5 | 21 | 92 | 72 | 42 | 14 | ... | 1 | 19 | 43 | 76 | 53 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 246 | 16 | |
| Scarlet fever | 82 | 55 | 85 | 132 | 354 | 4 | 108 | 199 | 28 | 14 | 1 | ... | 11 | 52 | 53 | 33 | 46 | 45 | 67 | 47 | 352 | 40 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 63 | 90 | 103 | 94 | 350 | 13 | 126 | 172 | 22 | 16 | 1 | ... | 27 | 74 | 76 | 56 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 23 | 349 | 69 | 10 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 64 | 24 | 20 | 35 | 143 | 13 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 104 | ... | 154 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Erysipelas | 13 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 3 | |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 275 | 228 | 302 | 445 | 1,250 | 67 | 328 | 492 | 157 | 129 | 61 | 15 | 47 | 205 | 204 | 202 | 169 | 133 | 162 | 128 | 1,121 | 125 | 177 |
| Numbers and percentages of cases moved to hospitals. | 224 81.4% | 201 88.1% | 274 90.7% | 419 94.1% | 1,121 89.7% | ||||||||||||||||||