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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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14.
CAS
| 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 | 76 | _ | 33 | 42 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 | – | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 12 | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | 44 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | – |
| Erysipelas | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Dysentery | 171 | 9 | 75 | 44 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 4 | - |
| Measles | 962 | 54 | 675 | 232 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 100 | 20 | 56 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | |||
| Totals | 1390 | 91 | 848 | 351 | 24 | 39 | 26 | 11 | - |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary | 67 | _ | 4 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 16 |
| - non-pulmonary | 7 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:
Disease. Authority for notification.
Acute encephalitis Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg. No.2259 made by
Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
Acute primary or influenzal Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.1207 made by
pneumonia. Minister of Health, 1927 (1.1.28)
Acute poliomyelitis Public Health Act,1926 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made by
Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
Anthrax Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 305).
Cholera Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304).
Continued fever Do.
Diphtheria Do.
Dysentery Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.1207 made by
Minister of Health, 1927 (1.1.28).