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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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compared with 1.9 in 1912, 1.7 in 1911, 1.4 in 1910 and 1.7 in 1909. The rate was
highest in Whitmore and lowest in Acton Ward, being 2.1 per 1,000 in the former
and 1.3 in the latter.
The deaths from tuberculosis in London numbered 7,390, giving a death-rate of
l.63 per 1,000 population. The deaths attributed to consumption numbered 5,981,
the death-rate being 1.30 per 1,000 as compared with l.34 in 1912.
A summary of the notifications is contained in the subjoined table:—
| — | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors). | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors). | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |
| Pulmonary— Males | 337 | 397 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 11 |
| Females | 223 | 265 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 5 |
| Non-Pulmonary— Males | 88 | 104 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Females | 74 | 92 | 11 | 12 | 3 | — |
| Totals | 722 | 858 | 30 | 36 | 151 | 17 |
Of the 920 cases certified 42 had been previously certified prior to 1913.