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Shoreditch 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The following table gives particulars of the cases which occurrcd during theyear:-

The following table gives particulars of the cases which occurrcd during the

year:-

Cases.Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Died.
Notified.Treated at home.In hospital.
118311Nil reported.Nil

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The three patients who were removed were treated at St. Margaret's Hospital.
Of the eight patients treated at home seven attended other hospitals as out-patients.
The case rate per 1,000 births was 8.63 as compared with 8.33 for London as a whole.
In addition to these cases of ophthalmia neonatorum 24 cases of inflammation
of the eyes were reported by the Medical Officer of Health of the London County
Council. Of these five were subsequently notified as ophthalmia neonatorum and
are included in the above table.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Three cases of this disease occurred in the Borough during the year, all being
notified. The patients were males aged 30 and 16 years, and 5 months respectively.
These cases were evidently sporadic in nature.

Table: The number of deaths from this disease in London and Shoreditch during recentyears was as follows:—

The number of deaths from this disease in London and Shoreditch during recent

years was as follows:—

193119321933193419351936
Shoreditch666223
London131131116807372

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The patient aged 5 months succumbed 4 days after notification, the cause of
death being certified as meningococcal meningitis and Sonne dysentery.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
No new cases of this disease were notified during the year. It is well known
that the after effects of this disease present numerous administrative difficulties.
At the end of the year 25 patients who were suffering from post-encephalitic symptoms
were living in the Borough. There were four deaths of patients who were suffering
from post-encephalitic symptoms.