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Shoreditch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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38
SMALLPOX
No case of smallpox occurred in the Borough during the year 1938.
The following table shows the prevalence of smallpox in the country, London
and Shoreditch during the last ten years :—
Table No. 28
| Year | Cases Notified | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch | London | England and Wales | |
| 1929 | 246 | 1,905 | 10,975 |
| 1930 | 788 | 5,167 | 11,855 |
| 1931 | 122 | 1,452 | 5,665 |
| 1932 | 14 | 1,133 | 2,070 |
| 1933 | 29 | 530 | 631 |
| 1934 | 2 | 147 | 179 |
| 1935 | — | — | 1 |
| 1936 | — | — | 12 |
| 1937 | — | — | 4 |
| 1938 | — | 2 | 18 |
No vaccinations were performed by the Medical Officer of Health under the
Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
VACCINATION ORDER
The Public Vaccination Officers for the year were:—
(1) Mr. S. W. Dyson (Town Hall), Shoreditch North-East Sub-District (Acton,
Haggerston, Kingsland and Whitmore Wards).
(2) Mr. E. G. Wilsher (Chief Clerk, Public Health Department), Shoreditch
South-West Sub-District (Church, Hoxton, Moorfields and Wenlock
Wards).
The Public Vaccinators are
(1) Dr. L. Statnigrosch, 191, Kingsland Road, E. 2 (Shoreditch North-East
District).
(2) Dr. N. H. Clubwala, 242, Kingsland Road, E.2 (Shoreditch South-West
District).
The following report upon vaccination is in the form required by the RegistrarGeneral:—