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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1958 (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 | 121 | 8 | 46 | 49 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Acute encephalitis- infective | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| post-infectious | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric (paratyphoid) | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – |
| Measles | 132 | 3 | 67 | 61 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 19 | – | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis-- paralytic | 7 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| - non-paralytic | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Scabies | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| Scarlet fever | 40 | – | 16 | 23 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Whooping cough | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis- - pulmonary | 31 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | |
| - non-pulmonary | 4 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 394 | 15 | 151 | 153 | 13 | 31 | 21 | 10 | |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Boroughs
| 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 (l.4.53). |