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Shoreditch 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The zymotic death-rate was, therefore, again markedly below the average for
previous years. A comparison of the zymotic death-rates of London and
Shoreditch and the 8 wards of the Borough is given in Table VI. (Appendix).
The rate was highest in Hoxton Ward and lowest in Moorfields, being 3.0 and 0.6
per 1,000 population respectively.
Excluding the 4 cases of cerebro-spinal fever, 8 of acute anterior poliomyelitis,
22 of ophthalmia neonatorum and the cases of tuberculosis, 696 cases of infectious
disease were notified, an increase of 236 on the figure for 1912.
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 |
| 1913 | 696 | 6.3 |
The cases of notifiable infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during
1913 number some 30,484,excluding cases certified as anthrax, glanders, pulmonary
tuberculosis, ophthalmia neonatorum, measles, cerebro-spinal fever, and acute
poliomyelitis. The attack-rate was 6.7 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 5.2
in 1912, 5.3 in 1911 and 4.4 in 1910. The attack-rate for Shoreditch therefore was
somewhat lower than that of the Metropolis during 1913.