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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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The following table shows the number of accepted notifications during the
quarters March, June, September and December of 1938, and the number of these
cases removed to hospital.
CASES NOTIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS

Table: Table No. 45

Table No. 45

Quarter 1938Under 11 and under 22 and under 33 and under 44 and under 55 and under 15TotalCases removed
March1432275346-17271
June1357598076-285100
Sept.76684-3115
Dec.22-2-286
3697921431262496192

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The ward distribution of the notified cases is given in the table below:—

Table: Table No. 46

Table No. 46

WardNumber of casesTotal
MaleFemale
Moorfields12820
Church5653109
Hoxton403979
Wenlock281745
Whitmore333770
Kingsland292453
Haggerston412869
Acton272451
Total266230496

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MEASLES EPIDEMIC, 1937/1938
The measles epidemic commenced in Shoreditch towards the end of January,
1938, and decreased to non-epidemic proportions in July. The following information
relates to the whole of the epidemic, viz., 1st November, 1937, to 31st August, 1938:—

Table: DISTRIBUTION OF CASES AND DEATHSTable No. 47

DISTRIBUTION OF CASES AND DEATHSTable No. 47

AgesUnder 11 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 66 to 77 to 88 to 1414+Total
No. of cases6919115823523917488273021,213
No. of deaths24--------6