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Shoreditch 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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and the birth-rate for the class B dwellings was the same as in 1905. The proportion
of deaths attributed to prematurity was much lower than for last year, being 12 per
1,000 births, as compared with 27.5 in 1905. In class A, the deaths from prematurity
amounted to 16 per 1,000 births, whilst in the class B dwellings they were nil.
For the whole Borough, the deaths from prematurity amounted to 19.3 per 1,000
births.
The infantile mortality was 97 per 1,000 births, as compared with 140 for last
year, the rates being 84 for the class A, and 133 for the class B dwellings, as compared
with 134 and 166 respectively for last year. The infantile mortality during 1906
in the dwellings was, therefore, greatly below the average for the Borough, even in the
class B dwellings.
In the subjoined table are given the deaths and death-rates from certain causes for the dwellings and the corresponding death-rates for the whole Borough, so that they may be compared:—
| Cause of Death. | The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | The Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | M umber of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| All causes | 121 | 15.4 | 88 | 14.7 | 33 | 17.8 | 19.8 |
| Principal Zymotic diseases | 22 | 2 9 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2.7 | 3 1 |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | 20 | 2.5 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 30 |
| Phthisis | 12 | 1.5 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.6 | 2 0 |
| Bronchitis | 14 | 1.7 | 13 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.3 | 5 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
The deaths of residents of the dwellings in public institutions numbered1 41,
being 28 for the class A, and 13 for the class B dwellings. The percentages of the
total deaths of residents in the dwellings was 33.9, being 31.8 for class A, and 39.4
for class B, as compared with 34.6, 30.4, and 47.6 for 1905. The percentages of
deaths in public institutions for the whole Borough and for the wards are given
in Table VII. (Appendix). The figures indicate, especially with respect to class
A, that proportionately fewer persons seriously ill are removed from the dwellings
to hospitals and other institutions than is the case with respect to the Borough as
a whole.
The cases of notifiable infectious disease numbered 73, of which 58
were in the class A, and 15 in the class B dwellings. The attackrates
per 1,000 population were respectively 9.3, 9.7 and 8.1, as compared with
8.2 for the whole Borough. There were 49 cases of scarlet fever, 10 of diphtheria,
5 of enteric fever, 8 of erysipelas, and 1 of puerperal fever.