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Shoreditch 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In the following table, the distribution of oases in the four sub-districts of the
parish is shewn:—
TABLE XIV.
| Sub-District. | SMALL-POX. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases. | Fatal. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Shoreditch, South | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Hoxton New Town | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Hoxton Old Town | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Haggerston | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 15 | — | 15 | 2 | — | 2 |
There were no women sufferers from small-pox in Shoreditch this year. In 1893,
of 23 cases G were females, and in 1894 of 27 persons attacked 8 were women.
Of the two fatal cases, one was a potman aged 40 who worked at a public-house
in Whitechapel, stated to have been frequented by inmates of a neighbouring Salvation
Army Shelter, he had been vaccinated in infancy and also, he said, re-vaccinated about
twelve years previous to the attack, but there was no evidence of scars as to the revaccination.
In the other case the patient was a butcher aged 49, out of work through
ill-health, and stated to have been vaccinated in infancy.
SCARLET FEVER.
There has been an increase in the number of cases of this disease, 592 cases being
notified, as compared with 487 in 1894, and 1007 in 1893. The deaths numbered 29,
as against 26 in 1894 and 38 in 1893. The death-rate from this disease was 0.23 per
thousand; the type was less severe than in 1894, 4.8 per cent. of the attacks terminating
fatally, as compared with 53 per cent. in 1894 and 3.7 in 1893.
Of the 221 cases amongst children under five years of age, 9.9 per cent. terminated
fatally; of the 371 cases amongst persons of five years of age and upwards, 1.8 proved
fatal.