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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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The distribution of the cases notified among the different Wards was as follows:—
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | No. per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorfields | 4 | .. | 4 | 1.0 |
| Church | 46 | 10 | 56 | 3.2 |
| Hoxton | 36 | 1 | 37 | 2.5 |
| Wenlock | 22 | 12 | 34 | 2.5 |
| Whitmore | 23 | 6 | 29 | 1.7 |
| Kingsland | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1.5 |
| Haggerston ... | 19 | 3 | 22 | 2.1 |
| Acton...... | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1.8 |
| Total | 177 | 40 | 217 | - |
The additions to, and removals from, the Tuberculosis Register during the
year were as follows:—
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1924.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register, 31st December, 1929 | 732 | 662 | 1,394 | 284 | 217 | 501 | 1,895 |
| Number of cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, during the year 1930 | 101 | 76 | 177 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 217 |
| Other cases added to the Tuberculosis Register during 1930 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| Total | 842 | 741 | 1,583 | 304 | 245 | 549 | 2,132 |
| Cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1930 | 102 | 66 | 168 | 48 | 49 | 97 | 265 |
| Cases remaining on Tuberculosis Register 31st December, 1930 | 740 | 675 | 1,415 | 256 | 196 | 452 | 1,867 |