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From the enquiries made as to the circumstances in connection with the
occurrence of the cases in the Borough it was ascertained that fried fish had
been eaten by several of the patients, but fried fish being a very common article
of diet, this fact, so far as Shoreditch was concerned, did not appear to have any
particular value as throwing light upon the source of infection during the year.
In several instances also shell fish had been consumed and it is possible that
such may have been the vehicle of infection in some cases. In four of the cases
the patients did not contract the disease in Shoreditch, and in two others it is
highly probable that it was not contracted in the Borough. In two instances,
in all probability the cases were secondary to previous cases in the Borough.
The cases certified in the Metropolis numbered 1,022, as compared with 1,298
in 1910, 1,049 in 1909, 1,350 in 1908, 1,396 in 1907 and 1,608 in 1906. The attackrate
was somewhat above that of Shoreditch, being 0.2 per 1,000 population. The
deaths numbered 144, as compared with 196 in 1910, 146 in 1909, and 225 in 1908,
the death-rate being 0.03 per 1,000 inhabitants.
ERYSIPELAS.
The cases certified as erysipelas numbered 159, as compared with 127 in 1910,
143 in 1909, 121 in 1908, 133 in 1907, 144 in 1906, 138 in 1905, 183 in 1904, 147 in
1903 and 172 in 1902. There were 4 deaths from the disease, as compared with 1 in
1910, 16 in 1909, 5 in 1908, 6 in 1907, 2 in 1906, 3 in 1905, 5 in 1904, 7 in 1903, 8 in
1902, 6 in 1901, 10 in 1900 and 16 in 1899. The figures for previous years are
contained in the report for 1908.