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Shoreditch 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The deaths from small pox. measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, including membranous
croup, whooping cough, enteric fever and diarrhoea, which are the principal
epidemic diseases, numbered 341, the death-rate due to them being 2.9 peT 1,000
inhabitants, as compared with 3.1 in 1906, 2.8 in 1905, 3.2 in 1904, 2.8 in 1903,
3.6 in 1902, 2.9 in 1901, 3.1 in 1900, 3.6 in 1899, 4.1 in 1898, 4.2 in 1897, 4.3 in
1896, 3.8 in 1895, 2.8 in 1894, and 4.7 in 1893. The zymotic death-rate was,
therefore, considerably below the average. A comparison of the zymotic death-rate
of London and Shoreditch and the eight wards of the Borough is given in Table VII.
(Appendix). The death-rate due to the principal zymotic diseases was highest in
Whitmore and lowest in Acton and Moorfields Wards, in connection with which it
may be noted that the population in Whitmore is of much greater density to the
acre than is the case with the other two wards.
The cases of notifiable infections disease numbered 1,265, being over 300 more than in 1906. The number of cases annually certified since 1889, and the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants, are contained in the following table: —
| Year. | Number of cases. | Attack-rate per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1158 | 9.4 |
| 1891 | 862 | 7.0 |
| 1892 | 1478 | 12.0 |
| 1893 | 1987 | 16.2 |
| 1894 | 1104 | 9.0 |
| 1895 | 1157 | 9.4 |
| 1896 | 1473 | 12.1 |
| 1897 | 1331 | 10.9 |
| 1898 | 960 | 7.8 |
| 1899 | 1116 | 9.2 |
| 1900 | 989 | 8.1 |
| 1901 | 1146 | 9.8 |
| 1902 | 1239 | 10.5 |
| 1903 | 664 | 5.6 |
| 1904 | 776 | 6.6 |
| 1905 | 1151 | 9.8 |
| 1906 | 951 | 8.2 |
| 1907 | 1265 | 10.8 |
The cases of notifiable infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during 1907
amounted to 41,000, the attack-rate being 8.6 per 1.000 population, as compared with
7.5 for 1906.
Subjoined is a list of the infectious diseases which are notifiable to the Medical
Officer of Health, showing the numbers of cases certified in the Borough for each