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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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15.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1948 (confirmed diagnosis)
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Total number of confirmed cases | AGES. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 year | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | 15-25 years | 25- 45 years | 45-65 years | 65 years (plus) | |||
| Scarlet fever | 75 | 1 | 25 | 45 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 21 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Typhoid fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | 25 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | - |
| Cerebro spinal fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 20 | - | 15 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 567 | 39 | 354 | 170 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 206 | 35 | 126 | 44 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Scabies | 43 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Totals | 993 | 88 | 544 | 293 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary | 73 | - | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| - other forms | 8 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Fcod Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
NURSING IK THE HOME.
The Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing Association undertakes
home nursing in the Borough and has an agreement with the Borough Council under
Which the following types of cases are nursed under medical direction in consideration
of a payment of 2s.2d per -visits- (i) cases referred by the Medical
Officer of Health; (ii) cases of notifiable diseases. A total of 293 visits
were paid during the half year.