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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VII. —ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1906.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1906. | births | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Hirtlis. | percentage to total deaths. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deaths during the years: | deaths during 1905 from | Inquest Cases. | Death* in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | ♦Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | |||||||||||||||||
| London ......... | 4,721,217 | 26.5 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 1.9 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 00.6 | 0.94 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 131 | 9.8 | 38.2 | 019 | |
| Shoreditch ...... | § 115,130 | 33.6 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 3.1 | 0.64 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.51 | 00.3 | 1.68 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 168 | 12.3 | 41.3 | 0.09 | |
| Moorfields ...... | 5,681 | 22.8 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 2.0 | 0.52 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.70 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 85 | 151 | 32.9 | ||||
| Church......... | 19,923 | 33.5 | 21.3 | 20.2 | 3.3 | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 1.75 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 162 | 14.3 | 37.9 | |||||
| Hoxton......... | 17,892 | 37.1 | 21.3 | 19.6 | 3.3 | 0.55 | 0.33 | 0.60 | ... | 1.87 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 161 | 12.7 | 39.5 | |||||
| Wenlock ...... | §17,226 | 34.6 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.52 | 0.05 | 1.91 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 189 | 13.4 | 33.3 | ||||
| Whitmore ...... | 18,370 | 31.7 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 3.5 | 0.64 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.64 | 1.83 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 203 | 12.1 | 53.9 | |||||
| Kingsland ...... | 11,188 | 37.8 | 18.1 | 19.6 | 2.5 | 0.44 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 1.42 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 139 | 13.1 | 45.4 | |||||
| Haggerston...... | 12,384 | 31.1 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 016 | 016 | 0.16 | 1.44 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 176 | 10.5 | 43.2 | ||||
| Acton ......... | 12,376 | 33.6 | 16.7 | 18.9 | 3.1 | 0.72 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.64 | 1.60 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 158 | 6.8 | 35.7 | |||||