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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The following table gives particulars regarding diphtheria for Shoreditch London, and England and Wales for a period of years:—
| Year. | Shoreditch. | London. Death Rate. | England & Wales. Death Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | Case Rate. | Deaths | Death Rate. | |||
| 1925 | 440 | 4.1 | 17 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 372 | 3.5 | 12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 467 | 4.5 | 12 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 354 | 3.5 | 13 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 281 | 2.8 | 10 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 326 | 3.3 | 20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 228 | 2.3 | 7 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 249 | 2.6 | 7 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 286 | 3.1 | 15 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 288 | 3.2 | 13 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
The number of cases, the deaths amongst males and females and the attack, death and mortality rates in the Borough, its Wards and in London are given in the subjoined table:—
| Ward. | No. of Cases. | Fatal Cases. | Rates per 1,000 Popu lation. | Case Mortality Deaths per 100 eases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | Attack | Death. | ||
| Moorfields | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4.36 | |||||
| Church | 26 | 20 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 | 0.19 | 6.52 |
| Hoxton | 24 | 22 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.09 | 0.14 | 4.35 |
| Wenlock | 24 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3.07 | 0.27 | 8.89 |
| Whitmore | 21 | 29 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.57 | 0.21 | 6.00 |
| Kingsland | 21 | 5 | 26 | 2.91 | |||||
| Haggerston | 16 | 13 | 29 | 3.15 | |||||
| Acton | 15 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.10 | 3.33 | |
| Total | 155 | 133 | 288 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3.18 | 0.14 | 4.51 |
| London | 11,888 | 473 | 2.81 | 0.11 | 3.98 | ||||
During the year the number of bacteriological examinations made in connection
with diphtheria was 1,361. In twenty instances the source of infection, as represented
by a previous case in the same household, was established.