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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 monthly incidence of the deaths of true enteritis
(that is, enteritis not associated with other diseases) in the eight years 1931-1938.
The table shows that the seasonal incidence in these small samples was unimportant.
The conclusion that must be drawn from these figures is that deaths which are certified
as being due to diarrhoea and enteritis are not due to typical epidemic. (summer)
diarrhoea, which is essentially a disease of the late summer and early autumn.
Table No. 54
| True Enteritis | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 1932 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1933 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 1934 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 19 |
| 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| 1936 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 14 |
| 1937 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 1938 | 4 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 19 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS
In accordance with the requirements of the School Management code of the
London County Council, information is received from Head Teachers concerning
children excluded from school by reason of the fact that they are suffering from
infectious disease or reside in houses in which infectious disease exists.
Particulars of these exclusions from school are as follows:—
Table No. 55
| Disease from which suffering or to which exposed | Number of exclusions from School |
|---|---|
| Measles and German measles | 985 |
| Scarlet fever | 296 |
| Diphtheria | 307 |
| Chicken pox | 431 |
| Whooping cough | 185 |
| Mumps | 176 |
| Typhoid fever | 26 |
| Scabies and Impetigo | 170 |
| Other exclusions | 112 |
| 2,688 |