[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch].

  • Shoreditch (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1924]
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    10 The deaths numbered 6, being at the rate of 0.06 per 1,000 population. There were no deaths in Church, Wenlock, Haggerston, and Acton Wards. The death-rate was highest in Moorfields Ward, where it was 0.22 per 1,000 population. The case-mortality was at the rate of 1.5 per cent. of the cases certified, being a shade above the average for the previous 10 years. Amongst children under five years there were 165 cases, 4 of which were fatal, the case-mortality being 2.4 allowing for errors in diagnosis. Amongst persons over five years there were 226 cases with 2 deaths, and a case-mortality of 0.9 per cent. allowing for errors in diagnosis. The scarlet fever cases certified in the Metropolis numbered 10,121, being at the rate of 2.2 per 1,000 population. The deaths numbered 112, which give a rate of 0.02 per 1,000 population as estimated to the middle of the year 1922. DIPHTHERIA (INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS CROUP). The cases certified numbered 365, of which 16, or 4.4 per cent., were subsequently not regarded as being diphtheria. The numbers of cases and the deaths amongst males and females in the Borough and its eight Wards are given in the subjoined table:— Ward. DIPHTHERIA (including Membranous Croup). Cases Certified. Fatal Cases. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Moorfields 5 8 13 1 ... 1 Church 25 34 59 2 1 3 Hoxton 25 32 57 1 1 2 Wenlock 22 22 44 ... 2 2 Whitmore 30 45 75 1 1 2 Kingsland 4 23 27 ... 1 ] Haggerston 26 25 51 ... 1 1 Acton 21 18 39 ... 1 1 Totals for Borough 158 207 365 5 8 13 The cases are grouped according to ages in Table II (Appendix). Of the cases certified 362, or 99 0 per cent., were removed to hospital. The cases were certified at the rate of 3.4 per 1,000 inhabitants, the rate being the highest in Haggerston Ward and lowest in Kingsland, 4.6 and 2.5 per 1,000 respectively. The deaths numbered 13, the rate being 0.12 per 1,000 population. The rate was highest in Moorfields Ward, where it amounted to 0.22 per 1,000. It was lowest in Acton, where it was 0.08 per 1,000. Of the cases certified 3.5 per cent. terminated fatally. Of the deaths 12 were of children under five years of age, the mortality being at the rate of 6.7 per cent. of the cases certified amongst children at that