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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The cases of notifiable infectious disease numbered 729, being 299 less than in 1908. The number of cases annually certified since 1889, and the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants, are contained in the following table:—

The cases of notifiable infectious disease numbered 729, being 299 less than in 1908. The number of cases annually certified since 1889, and the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants, are contained in the following table:—

Year.Number of cases.Attack-rate per 1,000 inhabitants.
189011589.4
18918627.0
1892147812.0
1893198716.2
189111049.0
189511579.4
1896147312.1
1897133110.9
18989607.8
189911169.2
19009898.1
190111469.8
1902123910.5
19036645.6
19017706.6
190511519.8
19069518.2
1907126510.8
190810288.8
19097296.3

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The cases of notifiable infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during
1909 amounted to 29,618, including cases notified as Cerebro Spinal Fever
which has been a notifiable disease since March, 1907, the attack-rate being
6.0 per 1,000 population, as compared with 7.5 for 1908.

Table: Subjoined is a list of the infectious diseases which are notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health, showing the number of cases certified in the Borough for each of the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentages of such cases which were removed to hospital for treatment:—

Subjoined is a list of the infectious diseases which are notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health, showing the number of cases certified in the Borough for each of the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentages of such cases which were removed to hospital for treatment:—

Disease.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.Deaths.
Small Pox............
Scarlet Fever or Scar- latina10865106603397
Diphtheria & Membra- nous Croup6057264018321
Typhus....... .....
Cholera............
Enteric Fever (Typhoid)32755496
Continued Fever............
Relapsing Fever............
Puerperal Fever5422134
Erysipelas3727255414316
Plague............
Cerebro Spinal Fever2......23*
Totals244 16016416172957
Numbers and percentages of cases removed to hospitals201125138104568
82%78%84%65%78%

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* In one case of Cerebro Spinal Fever, which proved fatal, the disease was not recognised
until after death.