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Shoreditch 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Amongst persons over 5 years there were 91 cases with 1 death. The
case mortality was therefore 1.1 per cent. (allowing for the error in diagnosis) as
compared with 1.6 in 1910, 1.9 in 1909, 2.2 in 1908, 1.2 in 1907, 1.3 in 1906,
1.0 in 1905, 1.8 in 1904, 2.7 in 1903 and 1.7 in 1902. There were no deaths from
scarlet fever amongst persons over 5 during 1911.
The cases of scarlet fever in the Metropolis numbered 11,328, the attack-rate
being 2.5 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 2.3 in 1911, 2.1 in 1910, 3.5 in
1909, 4.6 in 1908, 5.6 in 1907, 4.3 in 1906, 4.1 in 1905, 2.8 in 1904, 2.7 in 1903,
3.9 in 1902, 4.4 in 1901 and 3.0 in 1900. The deaths numbered 159 the death-rate
being 0.03 per 1,000 as compared with 0.03 in 1911, 0.04 in 1910, 0.08 in 1909, 0.11
in 1908, 0.13 in 1907, 0.11 in 1906, 0.11 in 1905, 0.08 in 1904, 0.07 in 1903, 0.12
in 1902, 0.13 in 1901 and 0.08 in 1900.
DIPHTHERIA (INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS CROUP).
The cases certified numbered 149 as compared with 171 in 1911, 127 in 1910,
183 in 1909, 202 in 1908 and 211 in 1907. No intimations were received from the
Metropolitan Asylums Board that any of these cases were other than diphtheria.
The numbers of cases and the deaths amongst males and females in the Borough and its eight wards are given in the subjoined table:—
| Ward. | DIPHTHERIA (Including Membranous Croup.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Certified. | Fatal Cases. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Moorfields | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Church | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Hoxton | 15 | 10 | 25 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Wenlock | 12 | 7 | 19 | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Whitmore | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Kingsland | 10 | 9 | 19 | .. | .. | .. |
| Haggerston | 6 | 6 | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
| Acton | 12 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals for Borough | 81 | 56 | 137 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
The cases are grouped according to ages in Table II. (Appendix). Of the cases
certified, 96 per cent. were removed to hospital as compared with 95 per cent. in
1911, 97 in 1910, 96 in 1909, 96 in 1908, 94 in 1907, 91 in 1906, 93 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.
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