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The death-rate attributable to diphtheria in Shoreditch was 052 per 1,000
inhabitants as compared with 0.37 last year (see appendix table XXXI). The disease
was most prevalent in this parish during the third quarter of the year.
In the following table are set forth the numbers of cases and the deaths amongst
males and females in the parish and its four registration districts:—

The cases certified were at the rate of 30 per 1,000 inhabitants. The cases
removed to hospital for treatment numbered 297, or just over 80 per cent., as compared
with 77.2 per cent. in 1898, 67 per cent. in 1897, and 55.6 per cent. in 1896. The
cases of diphtheria certified in the Metropolis numbered 13,363, the attack-rate per
1,000 population being 2.9; the deaths numbered 1,964, and the Metropolitan deathrate
attributable to diphtheria was 0.43 per 1,000.
During the year special enquiries were made as to the circumstances of 285 of the
cases of diphtheria certified in the parish, and the subjoined table shows the distribution
of the cases amongst males and females at certain age periods:—