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Shoreditch 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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ERYSIPELAS.
The cases certified as erysipelas numbered 170, as compared with 200 in 1899,
175 in 1898, 231 in 1897, 295 in 1896, 201 in 1895, 195 in 1894, 315 in 1893, and 243
in 1892. The cases certified in the Metropolis during 1900 numbered 4,776 The
deaths from erysipelas in Shoreditch numbered 10, as compared with 16 in 1899, 11,
in 1898, 5 in 1897, 3 in 1896, 5 in 1895, 5 in 1894, and 15 in 1893. The death-rate
was 0.08 per 1,000 inhabitants, as against 0.13 in 1899, 0.09 in 1898, 0.04 in 1897,
and 0.02 in 1896. The case-mortality was 5.8 per cent. of the cases certified, as
compared with 8 per cent. in 1899, 6.2 in 1898, 2.1 in 1897, 1.0 in 1896, 2.4 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 Borough and its four registration sub-districts are as set out below:—
| Sub-District. | ERYSIPELAS. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Certified. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Shoreditch South | 8 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hoxton New Town | 18 | 24 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hoxton Old Town | 11 | 18 | 29 | ... | ... | ... |
| Haggerston | 28 | 48 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total for the whole Borough | 65 | 95 | 170 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Eight deaths were attributed to blood poisoning (Pyæmia and Septicæmia, see
table VI).
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Nine cases of puerperal fever were certified with three deaths, the attack-rates
per 1,000 births being 2.5 and the death-rate per 1,000 births 0.7, as compared with 2.4
and 0.4 respectively for last year.
DIARRHŒA.
Diarrhoea was prevalent in Shoreditch from the end of July until the second
week in September. It caused 36 deaths in July, 72 in August, 36 in September and
11 during October. The deaths from diarrhoea numbered 169, not including 42 deaths
from enteritis. Of the deaths from diarrhœa, 141 were of infants aged under one year,
24 of children aged from one to five years, and the remainder were of persons
forty-five years of age and upwards. The death rate due to this cause was 1.40 per
1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 1.75 in 1899, 1.79 in 1898, and 1.74 in 1897.
The rate was highest in Hoxton New Town, and lowest in Shoreditch South.