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Shoreditch 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE IV.

BOROUGH OP SHORBDITCH.

Causes of, and ages at, death during Year 1901.

Causes of Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or delonging to Localities at all AgesTotal Deaths InPublic Institutions in the District
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and up- .wardsShore ditch SouthHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerston.
12345678910111213
Small-pox757171792415396251
Measles8423592.........71225403
Scarlet fever8...53............332...
Whooping-cough7430413.........71118335
Diphtheria and membranous croup242211.........246121
Croup1...1..................1......
Typhus....................................
Fever Enteric23...257"9...73762
Other contd.....................................
Epidemic influenza1422...24...12651
Cholera....................................
Plague...........................37......
Diarrhoea (see notes below)13210819......321034517
Enteritis (see notes below)35284......3...3113188
Puerperal fever3.........3.........111. . .
Erysipelas811......3321142
Other septic diseases1332...25115437
Phthisis21058624163436454485105
Other tuberculous diseases8532261241011228222320
Cancer, malignant disease87............66211421173549
Bronchitis•256692721778034715299120
Pneumonia2275657109672834493810642
Pleurisy101......17133313
Other diseases of Respiratory organs622......2......1141
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver39............372310131320
Venereal diseases....................................
Premature birth7474...............313243410
Diseases and accidents of parturition5............5......131...
Heart diseases147315985443235225886
Accidents894012552251423193310
Suicides19......1116123862
All other causes693218441623209183123161164245336
All Causes244170435089100817381355580558948836

Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths o "residents" occurring in public institutions, whether within
or without the district, have been included with the other deaths in the columns for
the leveral age groups (columns 2-8). They have also, in columns 9-12, been included
among the deaths in their respective "localities" according to the previous addresses
of the deceased as given by the registrars. Deaths of "non-residents" occurring in
public institutions in the district have been in like manner excluded from columns 2-8
and 9-12 of this Table.
(b) See notes on Table I. as to the meaning of "residents " and "non-residents," and as
to the " Public Institutions " taken into account for the purposes of these Tables.
(c) All deaths occurring in public institutions situated within the district, whether of
" residents " or of " non-residents " have, in addition to being dealt with as in note
(a), been entered in the last column of this Table.
(d) Under the heading of " diarrhcea " 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 diarrhcea, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic cholera).