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Shoreditch 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The deaths of residents of the dwellings in public institutions numbered 36,
being 25 for the Class A and 11 for the Class B dwellings. The percentage of the
total deaths of residents of the dwellings dying in public institutions was 31.8,
being 29.0 for Class A and 40.7 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 52, of which 44 were in
the Class A dwellings and 8 in the Class B. The attack-rates per 1,000 population
were 6.2 for the whole of the dwellings, 6.2 for Class A, and 4.3 for Class B, as
compared with 6.3 for the whole of the Borough. The cases included 1 of puerperal
fever, 23 of scarlet fever, 9 of diphtheria and 13 of erysipelas, 4 of enteric
fever, and 2 of poliomyelitis.
The number of cases and the attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants are set out below:—
| — | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Enteric Fever. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | |
| Class A | 20 | 3.0 | 8 | 1.2 | — | — | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Class B | 3 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.1 | — | — |
| The whole of the dwellings | 23 | 2.7 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 13 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.5 |
For the Borough as a whole the attack-rates for the above diseases were as
follows:—3"0 for scarlet fever, 1.6 for diphtheria, 0.08 for puerperal fever, 1.3 for
erysipelas and 0-1 for enteric fever.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
During the year eight houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of more
than one family were placed on the register, namely, Nos. 61, 63 and 65, Rushton
Street, and 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, New North Road. The number on the register at the
end of the year was 280. There were 449 visits of inspection made, and 261 intimations,
followed by 55 statutory notices were served in connection with these
houses.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
Two blocks of dwellings situate respectively on the north and south sides of
Haberdasher Street were inspected, and certificates granted as to sanitary fitness
for exemption from inhabited house duty in respect to the 91 dwellings contained
therein,