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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE XI.

TABLE XI.

Year.Namber of cases Certified.Attack rate per 1,000 population.
189011589.4
18918627.0
1892147812.0
1893198716.2
189411049.0
189511579.4
1896147312.1
1897133110.9

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According to the number of cases certified during 1898 the attack-rate in
Shoreditch was 7.8 per 1,000 population, lower than in any year since the notification
of infectious disease was made compulsory, except 1891. The cases of infectious
disease certified in the metropolis dnring 1898 numbered 37,380 being at the rate of
8-2 attacks per 1,000 inhabitants.
The subjoined table contains a list of the infectious diseases which are required
to be notified to the Sanitary Authority, the numbers of cases of the several diseases
notified during the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentages of the
cases notified which were removed to hospital for treatment:—

Table: TABLE XII.

TABLE XII.

DiseaseFirst Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.Deaths.
Small Pox
Scarlet Fever or Scar- i latina871329411342620
Diphtheria&Membran-) ous Croup5959479425945
Typhus...............
Cholera......1...11
Enteric Fever (Typhoid)111125449117
Continued Fever......1...1...
Relapsing Fever..................
Puerperal Fever22372
Erysipelas3542475117511
Totals19224621730596096
Numbers and percentages of cases removed to hospitals 1118 61.5%171 69.5%138 63.5%205 67.2%632 65.8%

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As compared with the figures for 1897 the numbers of cases of the infectious
diseases notified shew a marked decrease except in the case of puerperal fever. The
deaths from notifiable infectious diseases in Shoreditch during 1898 shew a marked