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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The number of cases certified since 1889 are as follows :
| Year. | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases certified | 202 | 111 | 91 | 111 | 85 | 99 | 114 | 107 | 91 | 171 |
The cases certified were at the rate of l.0 per 1,000 inhabitants for the whole
Borough, the rate being highest in Hoxton Old Town and lowest in Shoreditch South.
In 1899 cases were certified at the rate of 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Of the cases
certified, 107 were of persons over 5 years of age. The deaths numbered 14, 11 of
which occurred in hospitals beyond the limits of the Borough. The death-rate from
the disease was 0.11 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 0.20 for 1899, 0.14 for
1898, 0.15 for 1897, 0.14 for 1896, and 0.17 for 1895. Deducting 12 cases which
were not regarded at the fever hospitals as being enteric fever, the attacks were fatal
in the proportion of 12.7 per cent., as compared with 16.1 per cent. in 1899, 18.6
in 1898, 17.7 in 1897, 15.7 in 1896, 21.2 in 1895, 14.1 in 1894, and 15.8 in 1893; the
mortality was therefore considerably below the average.
The distribution of the cases and the deaths amongst males and females in the four registration sub-districts are shewn in the following table:—
| Sub-District. | TYPHOID FEVER. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Shoreditch South | 8 | — | — | — | ||
| Hoxton New Town | ||||||
| Hoxton Old Town | ||||||
| Haggerston | 6 | |||||
| Total for the whole Borough | 68 | 6 | 8 | |||
Of the cases certified in Shoreditch, just over 86 per cent. were removed to
hospital for treatment.
The number of cases of enteric fever certified in London during the year 1900 was
4,309, as compared with 4,460 in 1899, the attack-rate being 0.93 per 1,000 population,
and the death-rate 017, as compared with 0.97 and 0.18 respectively in 1899.
*12 of the cases were subsequently found by the medical officers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board not to be suffering from enteric fever.