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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 No. 31

Table: Table No. 31

Table No. 31

WardNo. of casesFatal casesRates per 1,000 populationCase mortality Deaths per 100 cases
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalAttackDeath
Moorfields4610.........3.07......
Church91827.........1.99......
Hoxton122335.........2.66......
Wenlock262450.........3.85......
Whitmore5914.........1.13......
Kingsland10515.........1.89......
Haggerston10818.........2.20......
Acton710171...11.920.1.5.88
Total831031861...12.310.010.54
London......8,322......282.050.010.34

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The number of cases in Shoreditch was higher than in 1937, in which year
there were 168 cases with an attack rate of 2.04.
The following table gives particulars regarding scarlet fever for Shoreditch
London, and England and Wales for the last ten years:—

Table: SCARLET FEVERTable No. 32

SCARLET FEVER

Table No. 32

YearShoreditchLondonEngland & Wales
Cases notifiedCase rateDeathsDeath rateCase rateDeath rateCase rateDeath rate
19293143.230.033.60.023.050.02
19303843.910 .013.80.022.760.02
19312632.700.002.80.022.050.01
19324194.460.063.30.022.120.01
19335676.100.005.10.023.210.02
19343063.520.022.60.013.760.02
19353644.020.024.30.022.960.01
19362563.000.002.60.012.530.01
19371682.000.002.10.012.330.01
19381862.310.012.10.012.410.01

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The disease continued to be of the mild type which is now prevalent in this
country. This mildness has changed the whole problem of scarlet fever. In past
years it was a killing disease, comparable in severity with diphtheria, and treatment