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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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31st August, 1931.
Sir,
As requested in Memorandum ( ref.ro. 111a 736/4002)
and 31st.July, I have to inform you that the new cases of erculosis and deaths from this disease during 1930 were as follows:
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonery | Non-Pulmonery | Pulmonery | Non-Pulmone ry | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| .......... | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| .......... | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| .......... | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - |
| .......... | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| .......... | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 |
| .......... | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - |
| .......... | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | _ |
| .......... | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — |
| .......... | 24 | 4 | - | 1 | 16 | 5 | - | 1 |
| and upwards | 10 | 4 | - | 2 | 10 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 4 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | |
| 110 | 79 | 20 | 28 | 56 | 31 | 7 | 5 | |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total
cenculosis for the year 1930 was 1 in 6.
There is no evidence of excessive incidence of, or mortality
tuberculosis in any particular occupation in shoreditch.
Yours faithfully,
Medical officer of Health.
tary,
stry of Health,
itehall, S.W.