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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Return showing the number of persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the Rates by the Medical Officers of the Poor Law Institutions and the Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1933:—
| Name of Poor Law Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Numbers of successful primary vaccinations of persons. | Number of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | Observations. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year of age. | One year and upwards. | Total. | ||||
| St. Leonard's Hospital. | Dr. T. Kelleher | — | 15 | 15 | 20 | — |
| Holborn & Fins-bury Institution | Dr. R. T. Taylor | — | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Shoreditch South-West District. | Dr. N. H. Club wala | 156 | 176 | 332 | 14 | - |
| Shoreditch North-East District. | Dr. L. Statnigrosch | 187 | 134 | 321 | 6 | — |
| 343 | 326 | 669 | 40 | |||
Scarlet Fever.
The cases certified numbered 605, of which 38 or 6.3 per cent were
subsequently not regarded as Scarlet Fever. The actual number of cases
was accordingly 567, which gives an attack rate of 6.06 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The age, seasonal and Ward distribution of the cases are included in the
table on page 25. There were no fatal cases.
The number of cases and the attack rates in the Borough and Wards are given in the subjoined table:— (See also table on page 18.)
| Ward. | No. of cases. | Fatal Cases. | Rates per 1,000 Population. | Case Mortality. Deaths per 100 cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | ||||
| Attack | Death | ||||||||
| Moorfields | 12 | 5 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 4.35 | ... | ... |
| Church | 39 | 34 | 73 | ... | ... | ... | 4.50 | ... | ... |
| Hoxton | 59 | 51 | 110 | ... | ... | ... | 7.28 | ... | ... |
| Wenlock | 37 | 43 | 80 | ... | ... | ... | 5.37 | ... | ... |
| Whitmore | 37 | 61 | 98 | ... | ... | 7.00 | ... | ... | |
| Kingsland | 31 | 27 | 58 | ... | ... | ... | 6.38 | ... | ... |
| Haggerston | 31 | 48 | 79 | ... | ... | ... | 8.09 | ... | ... |
| Acton | 23 | 29 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | 4.90 | ... | ... |
| Total | 269 | 298 | 567 | ... | ... | 6.06 | ... | ||
| London | ... | 21,998 | 81 | 5.12 | 0.02 | 0.37 | |||
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