Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE IV.
BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1900.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | shore ditch Union | Hox-ton New Town | Hox-ton Old Town | Hag-ger-ston | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Measles | 76 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 14 | 9 | |||||
Scarlet fever | 18 | 15 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 4 | 13 | |||
Whooping-cough | 43 | 10 | 31 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 10 | 8 | ... | ||
Diphtheria and mem | |||||||||||||
branous croup | 54 | 4 | 38 | 12 | ... | 10 | 18 | 20 | 44 | ||||
Croup (laryngitis) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||
Fever - | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Enteric | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
Other contd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Epidemic influenza | 52 | 4 | ... | 2 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 11 | |||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Diarrhoea (see notes below) | 169 | 141 | 24 | ... | ... | 2 | 20 | 50 | 35 | 64 | 10 | ||
Enteritis (see notes below | 42 | 29 | 6 | 2 | ... | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 7 | ||
Puerperal fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | |||||
Erysipelas | 10 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | '3 | |
Other septic diseases | 11 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
Phthisis | 229 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 171 | 8 | 29 | 59 | 43 | 98 | 99 | ||
Other tuberculous diseases | 114 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 14 | ... | 15 | 23 | 30 | 46 | 24 | ||
Cancer, malignant disease | 73 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 43 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 30 | 36 | ||
Bronchitis | 299 | 60 | 51 | ... | 95 | 92 | 52 | 71 | 65 | 111 | 92 | ||
Pneumonia | 241 | 51 | 61 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 55 | 38 | 34 | 114 | 72 | ||
Pleurisy | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | |||
Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ||
Alcoholism | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 11 | ||
Cirrhosis | |||||||||||||
Venereal diseases | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
Premature birth | 124 | 124 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 22 | 37 | 51 | 6 | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | |
Heart diseases | 151 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 23 | 38 | 29 | 68 | 66 | ||||
Accidents | 94 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 31 | 46 | ||
Suicides | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
All other causes | 667 | 203 | 55 | 16 | 13 | 189 | 191 | 143 | 142 | 152 | 230 | 215 | |
All causes | 2576 | 741 | 412 | 86 | 101 | 810 | 426 | 443 | 597 | 536 | 1000 | 790 |
(a) The deaths of residents occurring beyond the limits of the district are included in this
table, and deaths of non-residents occurring in the district are excluded. See note on
Table I. as to meaning of "Residents" and "Non-residents."
(b) Deaths of residents occurring in public institutions have been allotted to the respective
localties according to the addresses of the deceased as given by the Registrars, and, in
addition, have been classified under "Public Institutions."
(c) Under the heading of "Diarrhoea" have been included deaths certified as from diarrhoea,
alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined nature; and also deaths
certified as from
Epidemic enteritis;
Zymotic enteritis;
Epidemic diarrhoea. Summer diarrhoea;
Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhoea;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic cholera).
Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included those certified as from Gastro-enteritis,
Muco-enteritis and Gastric catarrh.
Deaths from diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease have been included
under the latter.
Notes.—