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Shoreditch 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE V.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1902.1 N ote .—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belongingto Shoreditch in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

TABLE V.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1902.

1 N ote .—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belonging

to Shoreditch in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
Shoreditch SouthHoxton New TownHoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Male.Female.total.
Under 11 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.
Msmall PoxVaccinated3...1312155......1......31549191231
U nvaccinated417674121...1.........224215202343
No statement............1.................................11...1
Measles93592..............................7122540414384
scarlet fever...53.................................332358
Typhus fever............................................................
Epidemic influnza.22.........2211...4......12657714
Whooping cough30413..............................7111838284674
Diphtheria, membraneous croup2211..............................2461291524
Enteric fever...214432511.........737614923
Asiatic cholera............................................................
Diarrhoea,. dysentery8616............1......211...102635365156107
Epidemic or zymotic enteritis223....................................821516925
Other allied diseases............1.................................1...11
Hydrophobia............................................................
Glanders, farcy............................................................
Tetanus...........................1............1......1...1
Anthrax, splenic fever............................................................
Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination............................................................
18Syphilis............................................................
19Gonorrhoea............................................................
20Phagedoena, hospital gangrene............................................................
21Erysipelas11..................213......2114268
22Puerperal fever...............3........................111...33
23Pyamia, septicaemia2...............11...1...1......411246
24Infective endocarditis...............2...1...1.........112...224
25Other allied diseasesl2.......................................12213
26Malarial fever............................................................
27Rheumatic fever...2113...13...1.........14618412
28Rheumatism of the heart............................................................
Tuberculosis :
29Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus151351...2.....................2131110221436
30Larynx..................1.....................1......1...1
31Lungs583310143765461531...3645448512189210
32Intestines, tabes mesenterica411..............................2112336
33General, position undefined910221131...............5978191029
34Other forms, scrofula42...1......1112...1...34339413
35Other infective diseases............................................................
36Thrush............................................................
37Actinomycosis............................................................
38Hydatid diseases............................................................
39Scurvy............................................................
40Other diseases due to altered food............................................................
41Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens.....................11...............1...1, 112
42Chronic alcoholism..................17422......136611516
43Chronic industrial poisoning............................................................
44Other chronic poisonings............................................................
45Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.................................1.........1...1...1
46Gout...........................2............11...2...2
47Cancer..................21419311821142117,35385487
48Diabetes mellitus........................2...21......113325
49Purpura hoemorrhagica...1.....................1............1...1112
50Haemophilia........................1...............1......1...1
51Anaemia, leucocythaemia..................1..................1............11