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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Carbuncle | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Influenza | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | ... | ... | 10 | 63 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 63 | |
| Diarrhœa | 85 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 105 | 115 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 45 | 115 | ||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ...1 | |||||||
| Varicella | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Syphilis | 13 | ... | ...• | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 41 | 13 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 62 | ||||||
| Phthisis | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 74 | 70 | 47 | 11 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 262 | 44 | 55 | 52 | 111 | 262 |
| Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis | 30 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54 | 67 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 67 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis Diseases | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | |||||||
| Worms, &c. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ••• | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rickets | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | |||
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |
| Dropsy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cancer | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 75 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 75 |
| Cancrum Oris (Noma) | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Mortification | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Abscesses and Tumours | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Myxœdema | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |