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Shoreditch 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The cases certified as enteric fever in London during 1901 numbered 3,193, as
compared with 4,309 in 1900, and 4,460 in 1899, the attack-rate being 0.70 as compared
with 0.93 in 1900, and 0.97 in 1899. The death-rate was 0.12 per 1,000 as compared
with 0.17 in 1900.
ERYSIPELAS.
The cases certified as erysipelas numbered 142, being fewer than in any year since 1891, as the subjoined table shews:—
| Year. | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases certified | 243 | 315 | 195 | 201 | 295 | 231 | 175 | 200 | 170 | 142 |
The deaths from erysipelas numbered 6, as compared with 10 in 1900, 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 0.05 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 0.08 in 1900, 0.13 in 1899,
0.09 in 1898, 0.04 in 1897, and 0.02 in 1896. The mortality was at the rate of 4.2
per cent. of the cases certified, as compared with 5.8 per cent. in 1900, 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 eases 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 | 11 | 19 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hoxton New Town | 11 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hoxton Old Town | 17 | 18 | 35 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Haggerston | 20 | 41 | 61 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total for the whole Borough | 56 | 86 | 142 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Blood-poisoning (pyaemia and septicaemia) resulted in 6 deaths, infective
endocarditis in 6 deaths, and other allied diseases in three deaths.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
This disorder, which is grouped with erysipelas, blood-poisoning and other allied
diseases, caused two deaths, the death-rate being 0.5 per 1,000 births as compared
with 0.7 for 1900. Seven cases were certified, the attack-rate per 1,000 births being
1.7 as compared with 2.5 for last year.