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being in one instance cerebro-spinal fever, in one laryngitis, one measles, one
influenza with pneumonia, one pneumonia, five tonsilitis, eight scarlet fever, and in
28 instances the cases were simply stated to have not been diphtheria or not notifiable.

These cases are grouped according to ages in Table III. (Appendix).
Of the cases certified, nearly 94 per cent. were removed to hospital, as compared
with 91 per cent. in 1906, 93 per cent. in 1905, 94 in 1904, 88 in 1903, 84 in 1902,
83 in 1901, 86 in 1900, 80 in 1899, 77 in 1898, 67 in 1897, and 65 in 1896. The
cases certified were at the rate of 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with a rate
of 1.1 for the previous year. The attack rate, according to the cases certified, was
lowest in Moorfields Ward and highest in Acton, being 1.0 per 1,000 inhabitants in
the former and 2.5 in the latter.
The deaths numbered 20, the death-rate being 0.17 per 1,000, as compared with
0.12 in 1906, 0.14 in 1905, 0.16 in 1904, 0.18 in 1903, 0.18 in 1902, 0.23 in 1901,
0.45 in 1900, and 0.52 in 1899. The rate, although higher than that of 1906, was
considerably below the average for the period covered; by the years given. The
death-rates due to this disease in the wards of the Borough are contained in Table
VII. (Appendix). The rate was highest in Hoxton. No deaths from diphtheria
occurred amongst the inhabitants of Moorfields and Haggerston Wards.
The case-mortality was lower than in 1906, being 9.5 per cent, of the cases
certified (12.1 allowing for cases not regarded as diphtheria at the fever hospitals).
In 1906, the case mortality was 10.5, in 1905 it was 15.2, and in 1904 it was 10.3
per cent. The case mortalities for previous years are contained in the report for
1906. The lowest so far recorded for Shoreditch was 8.8 per cent, in 1901.
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