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Of 428 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions situate
teyond the limits of the Borough 306 died in general hospitals, including 103 in
hospitals for sick children, 58 died in asylums for those mentally unsound, 17 in
fever hospitals, 26 in workhouses and infirmaries, 9 in hospitals for special diseases,
and 11 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions 25 persons
belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the Borough.
Altogether 990 or 51.7 per cent, of the deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch
took place in public institutions.
SICKNESS AMONGST THE POOR.
The cases coming under the treatment of the district medical officers in connection
with the Poor Law Dispensary in Hoxton Street during 1910 numbered
5,445, as compared with 5,261 in 1909, 4,453 in 1908, 4,380 in 1907, 4,107 in 1906,
and 4,014 in 1905. During the last few years the numbers have shown a marked
increase. An analysis of the cases is contained in Table VIII. (Appendix). The
diseases classed as infectious accounted for 923 of the cases as compared with 945
in 1909, 707 in 1908, and 763 in 1907. Measles, consumption, diarrhoea, whooping
cough and influenza were responsible for most of these cases. As compared with
the figures for 1909 the number of cases of measles and consumption show increases,
whilst for influenza and whooping cough the numbers are decreased. The cases of
erysipelas were only half as numerous as in 1909. Diseases of the respiratory organs,
which are mainly the results of infection, show a decrease numbering 1,344 as compared
with 1,444 in 1909, and 1,268 for 1908. Of these bronchitis accounted for
1,176 and pneumonia for 93. Rheumatism was given as the cause of illness in 398
cases, as compared with 355 in 1909. The cases of rheumatic fever numbered 53,
as compared with 47 in 1909 and 32 in 1908. The cases of gout numbered 100, as
compared with 104 for last year. Dyspepsia and disorders of the digestive organs
numbered 688, as compared with 629 in 1909. The cases diagnosed as cancer numbered
37, as compared with 36 in 1909, 14 in 1908, 20 in 1907, 43 in 1906, 37 in 1905,
27 in 1904, 30 in 1903, 12 in 1902, 31 in 1901, 33 in 1900, 18 in 1899, 9 in 1898, 15 in
1897, 21 in 1896, 15 in 1895, 27 in 1894, and 23 in 1893. There is a further
increase in the number of cases classed under the heading Diseases of the Locomotive
System, and a very marked increase is also noticeable in the number of cases of skin
disease coming under treatment as compared with the figures for the previous year.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The infectious diseases included under the headings numbered 1 to 35 and 171
in Table VI. (Appendix) resulted in 511 deaths, as compared with 676 in 1909, 622 in
1908, 747 in 1907, 776 in 1906, 717 in 1905, 791 in 1904, 762 in 1903, 767 in 1902,
and 762 in 1901. The reduction in the number of deaths from these diseases during
the year under consideration is therefore very marked, and it may be stated that