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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1949 (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 | 46 | - | 16 | 26 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | 26 | 1 | 6 | 17 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | 13 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| Cerebro spinal fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute poliomyelitis | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | 17 | 1 | 10 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 492 | 33 | 312 | 144 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Whooping cough | 41 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 27 | - | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Totals | 696 | 48 | 383 | 211 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary | 58 | - | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 33 |
| - other forms | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene continued to perform the
bacteriological examinations on behalf of this Council until the middle of
November, and carried out the following examinations:-
The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene continued to perform the bacteriological examinations on behalf of this Council until the middle of November, and carried out the following examinations:-
| Swabs for Diphtheria bacilli | 180 |
| Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci | 15 |
| Ear Swab | 1 |
| Faeces specimens | 8 |
| Ice Cream | 42 |
| Water | 1 |
| Pork & Beef | 2 |
| Canned Pork | 1 |
| Dried Egg | 1 |
| Lemon Sponge | 1 |
| Towel | 1 |