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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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1893, and 243 in 1892. The cases notified in the Metropolis numbered 5,801, the
attack-rate being 1.2 per thousand inhabitants. The deaths numbered five as compared
with three in 1896, five in 1895, five in 1894, 15 in 1893, and 11 in 1892. The
case-mortality was 2.1 per cent. of the cases notified as compared with 1.0 in 1896,
2.48 in 1895, 2.5 in 1894, 4.7 in 1893, and 4.5 in 1892.
The distribution of the cases and the deaths amongst males and females in the
four subdivisions of the Parish during the year 1897 is set forth below:—
TABLE XIX.
| Sub-District | ERYSIPELAS. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications. | Fatal Casks. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Shoreditch South | 15 | 12 | 27 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Hoxton New Town | 20 | 32 | 52 | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Hoxton Old Town | 20 | 30 | 50 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Haggerston | 43 | 59 | 102 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total for the whole Parish | 98 | 133 | 231 | 5 | ... | 5 |
Two of the deaths were of infants under one year. The death-rate due to
erysipelas was 0.04 per thousand, as compared with 0.02 in 1896.
Pyæmia and septicemia, or blood poisoning, which are included in the same
group of diseases as erysipelas caused 8 deaths.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
There was only one case notified which recovered.
TABLE XX.
| Year. | Attack-rate per 1000 births. | Death-rate per 1000 births. |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1893 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| 1895 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 1896 | 0.9 | ... |
| 1897 | 0.0 | ... |