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Shoreditch 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1954. (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 | 19 | — | 5 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | 16 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute policnyelitis-paralytic | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| - non-paralytic | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 211 | 13 | 70 | 62 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 8 | — |
| Measles | 460 | 10 | 238 | 208 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 32 | 5 | 20 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 754 | 29 | 336 | 298 | 20 | 47 | 14 | 10 | — |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary. | 43 | — | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 11 |
| - non-pulmonary. | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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 pneumonia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 made by Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53) |
| Acute poliomyelitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (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.299 made by Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53). |