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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 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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Table: TABLE IV.New Cases of Disease coming under Treatment of the Poor Law Medical Officers during the Year endingSaturday, 31st December, 1859.

TABLE IV.

New Cases of Disease coming under Treatment of the Poor Law Medical Officers during the Year ending

Saturday, 31st December, 1859.

Small-PoxMeasles.Scarlatina.Wooping-CoughErysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Diarrhœa.Continued Fever. (Typhus and Typhoid).Rheumatism.Syphilis.Alcholism.ScurvyCancer.Scrofula.Phthisis.Brain Disease.Heart Disease.Bronchitis.PneumoniaLung Disease.Stomach Disease.Kidney Disease.Female Diseases.Skin Diseases.Accidents.Cynanche.ALL DISEASES
Mr. Greenwood12636681221...218307643......6722301217229311346910947762634
Dr. Burchell10415573922...315597489......423934328463982328641302584
Mr. Collier7519965020120256747...12534625248417435214232151459
Dr. Coward974645472140339453121150412123454913375753462025
Total Out-door4021162661057036931499231221313631571301962712119337141973121541278692
Mr.Clark(Workhouse)641311821161569253313471138566501862651381
Total408116266109834875161524628103156819026426740129198432026749818013210073