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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The cases certified in the Metropolis, including cases of continued fever,
numbered 676, giving an attack rate of 01 per 1,000 population.
The deaths in the Metropolis numbered 120, the rate being 0'02 per 1,000
inhabitants as estimated for 1914.
ERYSIPELAS.
The cases certified as erysipelas numbered 174, with 13 deaths.
The cases and deaths amongst males and females in the Borough and its eight Wards were distributed as set out below :—
| Ward. | ERYSIPELAS. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Certified. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Moorfields | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Church ... | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1 | ... | ] |
| Hoxton | 9 | 9 | 18 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Wenlock | 17 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Whitmore | 15 | 34 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kingsland | 8 | 7 | 15 | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Haggerston | 5 | 17 | 22 | ... | ... | |
| Acton ... | 5 | 9 | 14 | i | 2 | 3 |
| Totals for Borough... | 68 | 106 | 174 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
The death-rate was 0.12 per 1,000 inhabitants and the case-mortality 7.5
per cent.
Pyaemia and septicaemia, commonly termed blood-poisoning, were given as
causing the deaths of 6 males and 3 females. Infective endocarditis, another
form of blood-poisoning, caused the deaths of 1 male and 6 females.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Nine cases were certified with 4 deaths. The cases were at the rate of 2.9
per 1,000 births, which is somewhat above the average for recent years in the
Borough. Eight of the cases were removed to the infirmary or to hospital for treatment.
The deaths were at the rate of l.3 per 1,000 births, which is higher than usual,
and the case mortality was 44.4 per cent. of the cases certified.
DIARRHCEA.
The deaths numbered 82, not including 56 attributed to enteritis. They were
below the average for recent years. Most of the deaths occurred during the period
from the middle of August to the middle of October. Of the deaths from diarrhoea,