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Shoreditch 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE VI.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARDDURING THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1906.N ote .—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in Hospitals, &c., in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in Hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

TABLE VI.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD

DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1906.

N ote .—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in Hospitals, &c., in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in Hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Moorfields.Church.HoxtonWenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Actcn.Male.Female.Total.
U nder 1.1 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 G5.65 to 75.| 75 to 80.1 85 and 1 upwards.
1 Small Pox-Vaccinated........................................................................
Unvaccinated........................................................................
No statement........................................................................
2 Measles1163.................................318101312549334174
3 Scarlet fever...1532...........................1261621114620
4 Typhus fever........................................................................
5 Epidemic influenza111...1......4224...1...4155......29817
6 Whooping cough17402..............................21011912528243559
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup21011...........................12...521216814
8 Enteric fever.........11......2...............1......1......2...224
9 Asiatic cholera........................................................................
10 Diarrhœa, dysentery11921.........1...1132......4282222291315157870148
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis3771...............1...............712115335301646
12 Other allied diseases........................................................................
13 Hydrophobia........................................................................
14 Glanders, farcy........................................................................
15 Tetanus1..................11.....................111......3...3
16 Anthrax, splenic fever........................................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination........................................................................
18 Syphilis11......1...............1............23212129413
19 Gonorrhœa........................................................................
20 Phagedœna, hospital gangrene........................................................................
21 Erysipelas1...........................1...............2...............22
22 Puerperal fever...............12.......................................2...33
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia211......1213111......31...331341014
24 Infective endocarditis............1...11..................1......11......123
25 Other allied diseases...12..................3............1...311......246
26 Malarial fever........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever...12....................................1...11......123
28 Rheumatism of the heart........................................................................
Tuberculosis:........................................................................
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus151591..............................101335342211940
30 Larynx........................................................................
31 Lungs38349173975541641...134030265320262513895233
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica1651......1.....................15344...15121123
33 General, position undefined1020312...51..................5667855222042
34 Other forms, scrofula3121............2............1...134.........549
35 Other Infective diseases........................................................................
36 Thrush........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis........................................................................
38 Hydatid diseases........................................................................
39 Scurvy........................................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food........................................................................
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens..................212............1...1...21......145
42 Chronic alcoholism..................2654...1...251172......9918
43 Chronic industrial poisoning........................................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings........................................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis..............................1...............1...............11
46 Gout..............................1..................1.........1...1
47 Cancer..................262718165...49981310912274774
48 Diabetes mellitus........................1311...121......2......246
49 Purpura bcemorrhagica........................................................................
50 Hœmophilia...1..........................................1............1...1
51 Anaemia,lecucocvthœmia...........................1.....................1............11