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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1957 (confirmed diagnoses).
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | _ | ||||||
| Dysentery | 70 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Acute encephalitis - | |||||||||
| post-infectious | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric (paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 770 | 33 | 413 | 323 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 19 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis - | |||||||||
| - paralytic | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - non-paralytic | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 33 | _ | 11 | 22 | _ | _ | — | — | - |
| Whooping cough | 33 | 6 | 20 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis - | |||||||||
| - pulmonary | 31 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| - non-pulmonary | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Total | 983 | 45 | 482 | 380 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 5 |
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). |