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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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inhabitants, as compared with 3.1 in 1900, 3.6 in 1899, 4.2 in 1897, 4.3 in 1896, and
3.8 in 1895. A comparison of the zymotic death-rates of London and Shoreditch
with its Registration Sub-Districts is contained in Table VI (see appendix).
The eases of notifiable infectious disease certified during the year 1901 numbered
1,146.

Table: The numbers of cases certified since 1889, when the notification of certain infectious diseases became compulsory, together with the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants are as contained in the subioined table:—

The numbers of cases certified since 1889, when the notification of certain infectious diseases became compulsory, together with the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants are as contained in the subioined table:—

Year.Number of cases.Attack rate per 1,000 inhabitants.
189011589.4
18918627.0
1892147812.0
1893198716.2
189411049.0
189511579.4
1896147312.1
1897133110.9
18989607.8
189911169.2
19009898.1
190111469.8.

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The cases of infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during 1901 numbered
40,444,* and the attack-rate was 8.8 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: Subjoined is a list of the infectious diseases which are required to be notified to the medical officer of health, together with the numbers of cases certified in Shoreditch during the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentages of such cases which were removed to hospital for treatment:—

Subjoined is a list of the infectious diseases which are required to be notified to the medical officer of health, together with the numbers of cases certified in Shoreditch during the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentages of such cases which were removed to hospital for treatment:—

DiseaseFirst Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.Deaths.
Small Pox......219215
Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina293151209355720
Diphtheria & Membranous Group51741118031628
Typhus..................
Cholera..................
Enteric Fever (Typhoid)182732199610
Continued Fever11147
Relapsing Fever..................
Puerperal Fever321173
Erysipelas332928521426
Totals135446295270114672
Numbers and percentages of cases removed to hospitals89350241185865
65.9%78.4%81.6%68.5%75.4%

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*Not including the oases of chioken-pox, some 400 in number which were certified in the Metropolis
towards the latter end of the year.