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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Excluding- tuberculosis, the deaths during the year from notifiable infectious diseases numbered 129 (10.9 per cent of the total deaths. The corresponding number for 1931 was 158 (12.8 per cent of total deaths).
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 evised subsequently | Deaths | |||||||||||||
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | I5 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 | Moor-lields | Chursh | Hoxton | Wrn-lock | Whitmore | Kings-land | Hagger-ston | Acton | |||||||||
| Enteric fever | ... | I | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... |
| Small-pox | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | l | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 86 | 108 | 126 | 143 | 463 | 7 | 169 | 251 | 23 | 11 | 2 | ... | 20 | 76 | 62 | 90 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 461 | 44 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 72 | 73 | 71 | 79 | 295 | 11 | 114 | 130 | 21 | 15 | 4 | ... | 10 | 57 | 46 | 47 | 39 | 23 | 52 | 21 | 295 | 46 | 7 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 9 | ... | 6 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ... | ... |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 96 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 39 | ... | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | ... | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 26 | ... | 7 |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal pvrexia | 9 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | ... | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever Encephalitis | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ... | 6 |
| Lethargica | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 204 | 215 | j 240 | 272 | 931 | 52 | 310 | 393 | 78 | 60 | 27 | 11 | 34 | 162 | 129 | 163 | 137 | °8 | 121 | 87 | 871 | 91 | 129 |
| Numbers and percentages of cases moved to Hospitals. | 186 | 207 | 227 | 251 | 871 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 91.2% | 1 96.5% | 94.7% | 92.3% | 93.6% | |||||||||||||||||||