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Shoreditch 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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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 Church Ward and lowest in Acton, being 4.0 and 0.9 per 1,000 population
respectively.
Excluding the 3 cases of cerebro-spinal fever, 1 of acute anterior poliomyelitis,
25 of ophthalmia neonatorum, 1 case of anthrax, and the cases of tuberculosis,
874 cases of infectious disease were notified, an increase of 178 on the figure for
1913.

Table: The number of cases annually certified since 1889, when notification became compulsory, and the attack-rate per 1,000 population are set out below:—

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.
189011589.4
18918627.0
1892147812.0
1893198716.2
189411049.0
189511579.4
1896147312.1
1897133110.9
18989607.8
189911169.2
19009898.1
190111469.8
1902123910.5
19036645.6
19047766.6
190511519.8
19069518.2
1907126510.8
190810288.8
19097296.3
19105284.5
19115945.3
19124604.2
19136966.3
19148747.9

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The cases of notifiable infectious disease certified in the Metropolis during 1914
numbered some 40,500, excluding cases certified as anthrax, glanders, pulmonary
tuberculosis, ophthalmia neonatorum, measles, cerebro-spinal fever, and acute
poliomyelitis. The attack-rate was 8.9 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 6.7
in 1913, 5.2 in 1912, 5.3 in 1911 and 4.4 in 1910. The attack-rate for Shoreditch
therefore was markedly lower than that of the Metropolis during 1914.