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Shoreditch 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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observed on October 1st when the patient was certified and removed to hospital.
Florence had nasal catarrh which the mother stated came to her notice on
October 1st when she believed it commenced.
SMALL POX.
There were no cases of smallpox in Shoreditch during the year, and only
about 13 cases were certified in the whole of London.
VACCINATION.
The last official figures as to vaccination in the Borough are those published
with the report of the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board for 1913-14,
relating to the year 1912. The figures for 1913 are not available, the tabulation of
the returns having been postponed till after the war has ended.
SCARLET FEVER.
The cases certified numbered 546, of which 9 or 1*6 per icent. were subsequently
not regarded as scarlet fever.
The distribution of the cases certified, and the deaths amongst males and females in the Borough and its eight wards during the year were as shown in the subjoined table
| Wards. | SCARLET FEVER. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Moorfields | 3 | 9 | 12 | ... | ... | ... |
| Church | 38 | 53 | 91 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Hoxton | 47 | 61 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wenlock | 22 | 39 | 61 | 2 | 2 | |
| Whitmore | 48 | 50 | 98 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kingsland | 34 | 37 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Haggerston | 41 | 34 | 75 | ... | ... | ... |
| Acton | 13 | 17 | 30 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Totals for Borough... | 246 | 300 | 546 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
The cases are grouped according to ages in Table II. (Appendix). Of the cases
certified 543 or 98 per cent. were removed to hospital. This is the highest percentage
so far recorded. The cases certified were at the rate of 5.3 per 1,000
inhabitants, being above the average for the previous ten years. The attack rate
per 1,000 population in the Borough was highest in Haggerston, and lowest in
Acton Ward, being 7.l in the former, as compared with 2.6 in the latter.