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Shoreditch 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: In the subjoined table the causes of death amongst infants under one year of age are given for each of the eight wards of the Borough .

In the subjoined table the causes of death amongst infants under one year of age are given for each of the eight wards of the Borough .

Cause of Death.Moorfields Ward.Church Ward.Hoxton Ward.Wenlock Ward.Whitmore Ward.Kingsland Ward.Haggerston Ward.Acton Ward.Totals.
Measles...132212112
Diphtheria............1...1...2
Whooping Cough...54221...418
Diarrhœa (all forms)327253123141618157
Enteritis...7971415346
Gastritis and Gastro Intestinal Catarrh............12......3
Premature Birth31414141338877
Congenital Defects1332......2213
Injury at Birth.........1............1
Want of Breast Milk.........12......14
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus21691412168582
Tuberculous Meningitis...332112113
Tuberculous Peritonitis and Tabes Mesenterica...3346...2...18
Other Tuberculous Diseases...222224...14
Erysipelas.........1............1
Syphilis...122121211
Rickets............1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...22151......11
Convulsions...2...4212...11
Bronchitis...5106833843
Pneumonia...71169310753
Suffocation, overlying163674...229
Other causes1445742431
Totals11108107113119596866651

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A comparison of the infantile mortalities in the wards is contained in Table VII.
(Appendix). The infantile mortality was least in Moorfields Ward, where it only
amounted to 85 per thousand births, and highest in Whitmore Ward, where the mortality
was 203 per thousand. In connection with this, it is to be noted that Moorfields
Ward is the least densely populated locality in the Borough, whilst Whitmore