Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In accordance with arrangements made by the Borough Council, the
District Nursing Association paid 105 visits in connection with 9 cases of
measles.
The measles epidemic which was expected to commence in the Autumn
did not, in fact, do so until after the end of the year.
The epidemic and the arrangements carried out in co-operation with the
London County Council scheme of control do not, therefore, fall within the
scope of this report.
Whooping Cough.
The number of deaths from this disease in Shoreditch during 1933 and preceding years were as follows:—
Year. | Deaths. | Year. | Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
1933 | 14 | 1930 | 3 |
1932 | 4 | 1929 | 40 |
1931 | 11 | 1928 | 5 |
Six of the deaths occurred under one year of age, six between one and
two, and two between two and five years of age.
The death rate from this disease was 0.15 per 1,000 inhabitants. The
deaths in London as a whole numbered 327, the death rate being 0.08.
The number of cases removed to the Hospitals of the London County
Council during the year was 53.
Influenza.
Influenza was more prevalent both in Shoreditch and in London as a whole in 1933 than during the immediately preceding year. Comparative figures for recent years are contained in the following table:—
Shoreditch. | London. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Year. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 population. |
1933 | 45 | 0.48 | 2,215 | 0.51 |
1932 | 19 | 0.19 | 1,188 | 0.27 |
1931 | 23 | 0.23 | 1,114 | 0.25 |
1930 | 1 | 0.01 | 370 | 0.08 |
1929 | 68 | 0.68 | 3,088 | 0.69 |