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Shoreditch 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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eight wards of the Borough is given in Table VI. (Appendix). The rate was highest
in Whitmore Ward and lowest in Haggerston Ward, being 2.9 and 0.8 per 1,000
population respectively.
Excluding cases of cerebro-spinal fever, which numbered 6, and ophthalmia
neonatorum which numbered 17, also the cases of phthisis, 460 cases of infectious
disease were notified, a decrease of 134 as compared with the number for 1911.
The number of cases annually certified since 1889, when notification became compulsory, and the attack-rate per 1,000 population are set out below:—
| 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 |
| 1908 | 1028 | 8.8 |
| 1909 | 729 | 6.3 |
| 1910 | 528 | 4.5 |
| 1911 | 594 | 5.3 |
| 1912 | 460 | 4.2 |
The cases of notifiable infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during
1911 number some 23,660, excluding cases certified as anthrax, glanders, pulmonary
tuberculosis, ophthalmia neonatorum, measles, cerebro-spinal fever, and acute
polio-myelitis. The attack-rate was 5.2 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with
5.3 in 1911 and 4.4 in 1910. The attack-rate for Shoreditch therefore was markedly
lower than that of the Metropolis during 1912.
Subjoined is a list of the infectious diseases which are notifiable, excluding
pulmonary tuberculosis, showing the numbers of cases certified in the Borough
for each of the four quarters of the year, and the numbers and percentage of the
cases removed to hospital:—