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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE SHOWING CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1938.
Table No. 27
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Cases removed to hospital | Per cent, removed to hospital | Diagnosis revised subsequently | Deaths | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total | AGES | WARDS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65+ | Moor-fields | Church | Hoxton | Wenlock | Whit-more | Kingsland | Hagger-ston | Acton | ||||||||||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 48 | 52 | 45 | 68 | 213 | 5 | 83 | 106 | 14 | 4 | 1 | ... | 11 | 32 | 40 | 54 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 206 | 96.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 41 | 51 | 57 | 54 | 203 | 3 | 70 | 104 | 12 | 13 | 1 | ... | 4 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 48 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 202 | 99.5 | 61 | 4 |
| Enteric fever (including paratyphoid) | ... | ... | 1 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | ... | ... | 33 | 100.0 | 5 | 4 | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 100.0 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 88.2 | ... | ... |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 18 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 74 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 75.7 | ... | 72 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | 50.0 | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 36 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 69.4 | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 88.9 | ... | ... | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum Acute poliomyelitis | 3 ... | 5 ... | 3 1 | 3 1 | 14 2 | 14 ... | ... 1 | ... ... | ... 1 | ... ... | ... ... | ... ... | ... ... | 1 ... | 5 ... | 2 ... | 1 ... | 2 ... | 3 2 | ... ... | 5 2 | 35.7 100.0 | ... ... | ... ... |
| Dysentery | 51 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 81 | 1! | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | ... | 80 | 98.8 | 21 | 3 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria (induced) | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 100.0 | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles* | 172 | 285 | 31 | 8 | 496 | 36 | 458 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 109 | 79 | 45 | 70 | 53 | 69 | 51 | 192 | 38.7 | ... | 6 |
| Whooping cough* | ... | ... | ... | 57 | 57 | 10 | 38 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 42.1 | ... | 5 |
| Totals | 355 | 438 | 191 | 263 | 1,247 | 83 | 716 | 253 | 67 | 66 | 41 | 21 | 47 | 248 | 186 | 175 | 212 | 120 | 157 | 102 | 855 | 68.6 | 114 | 97 |
| Tuberculosis (pulmonary) | 26 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 96 | ... | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 47 |
| ,, (other forms) | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ... | ... | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
| Numbers and percentages of cases moved to hospitals (excluding tuberculosis) | 233 | 244 | 158 | 220 | 855 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 65.6% | 55.7% | 82.7% | 83.7% | 68.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
*N.B.—The figures for measles for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters refer only to notifications received in respect of the first case under 5 years of age in each
household, and those for measles and whooping cough for the 4th quarter refer to first cases irrespective of age.