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Shoreditch 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1956 (confirmed diagnoses)
| 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 + | Deaths | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 92 | 4 | 33 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Acute encephalitis - post-infectious | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Enteric (paratyphoid) | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Measles | 232 | 10 | 151 | 70 | 1 | - | — | - | — |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 33 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis - - paralytic | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - non-paralytic | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 13 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 32 | - | 11 | 19 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 107 | 15 | 54 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculos is - - pulmonary | 40 | - | 2 | - | 7 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| - non-pulmonary | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Salmonella | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 589 | 32 | 263 | 175 | 27 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 6 |
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 Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 made
influenzal pneumonia 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)