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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1952 (confirmed diagnosis)

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1952 (confirmed diagnosis)

NOTIFIABLE DISEASETotal number of confirmed casesAGES.Deaths.
Under 1 year1-5 years5-15 years15-25 years25 - 4b years45 - 65 years65 years (plus)
Scarlet fever85_34492----
Diphtheria1--1-----
Paratyphoid1-----1--
Puerperal pyrexia7---34---
Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia332463882-
Erysipelas8----125-
Meningococcal infection11-------
Ophthalmia neonatorum99-------
Acute poliomyelitis - paralytic2-2------
- non-paralytic2-1--1---
Dysentery58323757103-
Measles7122441726821---
Whooping cough101146126-----
Scabies4--13----
Totals10245354235818222110-
Tuberculosis - pulmonary56--2151417813
- non-pulmonary61-221--1
Food Poisoning1---1----

Table: The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:

The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:

DiseaseAuthority for notification.
Acuta encephalitisPublic Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg,No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
Acute primary or influenzal pneumoniaPublic Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No. 1207 made by Minister of Health,. 1927 (1.1.28)
Acute poliomyelitisPublic Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
AnthraxPublic Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 305)
CholeraPublic Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304)
Continued feverDo
DiphtheriaDo
DysenteryPublic Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.1207 made by Minister of Health, 1927 (1.1.28).