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Shoreditch 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The cases of Dipththeria certified in the Metropolis during 1901 numbered
11,967, and the attack-rate was 2.4 per 1,000 inhabitants; the deaths numbered 1344
and the death-rate due to this disease was 0.29 per 1,000 inhabitants.
ENTERIC FEVER OR TYPHOID FEVER.
The cases certified as enteric or typhoid fever numbered 96, which is below the
average for the previous eleven years.
Eight of the cases on removal to hospital were subsequently found not to be suffering as certified. The numbers of cases yearly certified since 1889 are as set out below:—
| Year. | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | 202 | 111 | 91 | 111 | 85 | 99 | 114 | 107 | 91 | 171 | 122 | 96 |
The cases during 1901, which were more numerous in the New Town Registration
Sub-District, were at the rate of 0.81 per 1,000 inhabitants. Of the cases certified,
91 were amongst persons aged 5 years and upwards. In addition to the cases certified
as enteric fever there were seven certified as continued fever. The deaths numbered
10, three of which occurred in hospitals situate without the Borough. The deathrate
due to enteric fever was 0.08 per 1,000 as compared with 0.11 per 1,000 in 1900,
0.2 in 1899, 0.14 in 1898, 0.15 in 1897, 0.14 in 1896, and 0.17 in 1895. Deducting the
eight cases which were not regarded as enteric fever at the fever hospitals, the attacks
proved fatal in 11.3 per cent. of the cases, as compared with 12.7 in 1900, 16.1 in
1899, 18.6 in 1898, 17.7 in 1897, 15.7 in 1896, 21.2 in 1895, 14.1 in 1894, and 15.8 in
1893. From these figures it will be seen that the mortality from enteric fever in Shoreditch
during 1901, was much below the average of recent years.
The distribution of the cases and deaths amongst males and females in the four Registration Sub-Districts during 1901, is as shown in the subjoined table:—
| Sub-District. | TYPHOID FEVER. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Shoreditch South | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hoxton New Town | 19 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hoxton Old Town | 14 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Haggerston | 14 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total for the whole Borough | 54 | 42 | 96 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Of the cases certified just over 83 per cent. were removed to hospital for treatment.