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Shoreditch 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The distribution of the cases certified, and the deaths amongst males and females during the year in the Borough and its eight wards are as shown in the subjoined table:—
| Wards. | SCARLET FEVER. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Moorfields | 6 | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
| Church | 12 | 17 | 29 | .. | .. | .. |
| Hoxton | 10 | 13 | 23 | .. | .. | .. |
| Wenlock | 13 | 22 | 35 | .. | .. | .. |
| Whitmore | 24 | 42 | 66 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Kingsland | 20 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Haggerston | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Acton | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Totals for Borough | 102 | 132 | 234 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
The cases are grouped according to ages in Table II. (Appendix). Of the cases
certified 230 or 98.3 per cent, were removed to hospital as compared with 99 in
1910, 97.9 in 1909, 97.9 in 1908, 98 6 in 1907, 97.4 in 1906, 97 in 1905, and 96 in
1904. The percentages for previous years are given in the Report for 1903.
The cases certified were at the rate of 2.1 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared
with 1.8 in 1910, 2.9 in 1909, 5.1 in 1908, 7.5 in 1907, 5.3 in 1906, 6.7 in 1905, 2.9
in 1904, 2.1 in 1903, 2.l in 1902, 4.7 in 1901 and 2.7 in 1900. The attack-rate in
the Borough was highest in Whitmore Ward and lowest in Hoxton, being 3.9 per
1,000 in the former as compared with 1.3 in the latter ward.
The deaths numbered 7, as compared with 4 in 1910, 7 in 1909, 28 in 1908,
28 in 1907, 20 in 1906, 27 in 1905, and 13 in 1904, the death rate being 0.06 per 1,000
population as compared with 0.03 in 1910, 0.06 in 1909, 0.24 in 1908, 0.24 in 1907,
0.17 in 1906, 0.23 in 1905, and 0.11 in 1904. The case mortality was at the rate of
3 per cent, of the cases certified, as compared with 19 in 1910, 2.0 in 1909, 4.7 in
1908, 3.1 in 1907, 3.1 in 1906, 3.4 in 1905, 3.8 in 1904, 2.7 in 1903, 3.3 in 1902, 3.5
in 1901, and 5.4 in 1900. Although considerably higher than for 1910, the case
mortality and also the death-rate were below the average. Amongst children
under five years there were 88 cases, with 7 deaths, the case mortality being a
shade under 8 per cent, (allowing for mistakes in diagnosis 9.4 per cent.), as
compared with 2.3 per cent, in 1910, 2.3 in 1909, 8.9 in 1908, 7.2 in 1907, 6 in 1906,
7.7 in 1905, 7.8 in 1904, 2.7 in 1903, 5.3 in 1902, 6.8 in 1901, and 12 in 1900.
Amongst persons over five years of age there were 146 cases, but no deaths, the
case mortality for previous years were 16 in 1910, 1.9 in 1909, 2.2 in 1908, 1.2 in 1907,
1.3 in 1906, 1.0 in 1905, 1.8 in 1904, 2.7 in 1903, and 1.7 in 1901.
The cases of scarlet fever in the Metropolis numbered 10,462, the attack-rate
being 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 2.1 in 1910, 3.5 in 1909, 4.6 in
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