London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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with 125 in 1911, 65 in 1910, 101 in 1909, 75 in 1908, 99 in 1907, 84 in 1906 and
134 in 1905. For Class B the mortality was 99, as compared with 147 in 1911,
192 in 1910, 158 in 1909, 213 in 1908, 207 in 1907, 133 in 1906 and 166 in 1905.
In the subjoined table are given the deaths and death-rates from certain causes :or the dwellings and the corresponding death-rates for the whole Borough, so that they may be compared :—
| Cause of Death. | The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | The Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Number of Deaths. | Hate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants | Kate per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| All causes | 106 | 133 | 73 | 11.7 | 33 | 18.8 | 18.3 |
| Principal Zymotic diseases | 14 | 1.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | 2.0 | 13 | 2.1 | 3 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| Phthisis | 13 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.6 | 3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Bronchitis | 7 | 0.9 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
The deaths of residents of the dwellings in public institutions numbered 51,
being 32 for the Class A and 19 for the Class B dwellings. The percentage of the
total deaths of residents of the dwellings dying in public institutions was 48.1, being
43.8 for Class A and 57.5 for Class B. The percentages for the Borough and for
the wards are contained in Table VI. (Appendix).
The cases of notifiable infectious disease numbered 38, of which 28 were in the
Class A dwellings and 10 in the Class B. The attack-rates per 1,000 population
were 4.7 for the whole of the dwellings, 44 for Class A, and 5.7 for Class B, as
compared with 4.2 for the whole Borough. The cases included 1 of puerperal
fever, 17 of scarlet fever, 7 of diphtheria and 13 of erysipelas.
The number of cases and the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants are set out below :—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | |
| Class A | 13 | 20 | 6 | 0.9 | 9 | 1.4 | ||
| Class B | 4 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 2.3 |
| The whole of the dwellings | 17 | 2.1 | 7 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 13 | 1.6 |