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Shoreditch 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1953. (confirmed diagnosis).
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Total number of confirmed cases | AGES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | 15 - 25 years | 25 - 45 years | 45 - 65 years | 65 years (plus) | Deaths | ||
| Scarlet fever | 67 | 1 | 24 | 40 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis - paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| -non - paralytic | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery. | 91 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 394 | 22 | 267 | 105 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 212 | 22 | 123 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 817 | 61 | 455 | 259 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary | 55 | - | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| - non-pulmonary | 5 | - | • | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:
Disease
Acuto encephalitis
Acute primary or
influenzal pneumonia
Acute poliomyelitis
Anthrax
Cholera
Continued fever
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Authority for notification
Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made by
Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
Public Health Act, 1936(Section 143) Reg.No.299 made by
Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53)
Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No 2259 made by
Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 305)
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304)
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Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143 Reg.No.299 made by
Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53)