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Shoreditch 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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1908, 5.6 in 1907, 4.3 in 1906, 4.1 in 1905, 2.8 in 1904, 2.7 in 1903, 3.9 in 1902,
4.4 in 1901, and 3.0 in 1900. The deaths numbered 172, the death-rate being 0.03
per 1,000, as compared with 0.04 in 1910, 0.08 in 1909, 0.11 in 1908, 0.13 in 1907,
0.11 in 1906, 0.11 in 1905, 0.08 in 1904, 0.07 in 1903, 0.12 in 1902, 0.13 in 1901,
and 0.08 in 1900.
DIPHTHERIA.
The cases certified, including 2 of membranous croup, numbered 171, as compared
with 127 in 1910, 183 in 1909, 202 in 1908, and 211 in 1907. Of these 17 or
9.9 per cent., were not regarded as diphtheria at the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.
The number of cases and the deaths amongst males and females in the Borough and its eight wards are given in the subjoined table:—
| Ward. | DIPHTHERIA (Including Membranous Croup.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Certified. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Moorfields | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Church | 19 | 19 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hoxton | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Wenlock | 10 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Whitmore | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kingsland | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |
| Haggerston | 7 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Acton | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Totals for Borough | 79 | 92 | 171 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
The cases are grouped according to ages in Table II. (Appendix). Of the cases
certified, 95 per cent, were removed to hospital, as compared with 97 per cent, in
1910, 96 in 1909, 96 in 1908, 94 in 1907, 91 in 1906, 93 in 1905, 94 in 1904, 88 in 1903,
84 in 1902, 83 in 1901, 86 in 1900, 80 in 1899, 77 in 1898, 67 in 1897 and 65 in 1896.
The cases certified were at the rate of 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared
with 11 in 1910, 1.5 in 1909 and 1.7 in 1908. The attack-rate was highest in
Hoxton Ward, where it was 2.0 per 1,000 inhabitants. It was lowest in Kingsland
and Wenlock Wards, where it amounted to 11 per 1,000 for each of these wards.
The deaths numbered 22, the death rate being 0.20 per 1,000, as compared
with 0.12 in 1910, 018 in 1909, 0.11 in 1908, 0.17 in 1907, 0.12 in 1906, 0.14 in 1905,