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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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cases annually certified since 1889, when notification was made compulsory, and the attack rates per 1,000 inhabitants are contained in the following table:—
| Year. | Number of cases. | Attack-rate per1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1158 | 9.4 |
| 1891 | 862 | 7.0 |
| 1892 | 1478 | 12.0 |
| 1893 | 1987 | 16.2 |
| 1894 | 1104 | 9.0 |
| 1895 | 1157 | 9.4 |
| 1896 | 1473 | 12.1 |
| 1897 | 1331 | 10.9 |
| 1898 | 960 | 7.8 |
| 1899 | 1116 | 9.2 |
| 1900 | 989 | 8.1 |
| 1901 | 1146 | 9.8 |
| 1902 | 1239 | 10.5 |
| 1903 | 664 | 5.6 |
| 1904 | 776 | 6.6 |
| 1905 | 1151 | 9.8 |
| 1906 | 951 | 8.2 |
| 1907 | 1265 | 10.8 |
| 1908 | 1028 | 8.8 |
| 1909 | 729 | 6.3 |
| 1910 | 528 | 4.5 |
| 1911 | 594 | 5.3 |
The cases of notifiable infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during 1911
numbered some 24,300 excluding cases certified as anthrax, glanders, ophthalmia
neonatorum, measles, which was notifiable in one of the Boroughs, cerebro-spinal
fever and acute polio-myelitis, the latter having been a notifiable disease in London
since September. The attack-rate was 5.3 per 1,000 as compared with 4/4 during
1910.
Excluding the diseases mentioned, the incidence of cases of notifiable infectious
disease in Shoreditch during 1911, and the increase therein as compared with the
figure for 1910, did not materially differ from those of the Metropolis.
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