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Shoreditch 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The births registered during the year, and the birth-rates in the dwellings as a whole, and the two classes into which they have been divided are shown below:—
| The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The number of births was 22 more than in 1908.
The proportion of deaths attributed to prematurity was at the rate of
11.7 per 1,000 births as compared with 4.3 in 1908, 12 in 1907, 12 in 1906
and 27.5 in 1905. In class A the deaths from prematurity amounted to 5.0
per 1,000 births, whilst in class B they were 35.0. For the whole Borough the
deaths from prematurity amounted to 21.1 per 1,000 births.
The infantile mortality for the whole of the dwellings was 113 per 1,000
births, as compared with 103 in 1908, 124 in 1907, 97 in 1906, and 140 in 1905.
For the class A dwellings it was 101, as compared with 75 in 1908, 99 in 1907,
84 in 1906, and 134 in 1905. For class B the mortality was 158, as compared
with 213 in 1908, 207 in 1907, 133 in 1906, and 166 in 1905.
In the subjoined table are given the deaths and death-rates from certain causes for the dwellings and the corresponding death-rates for the whole Borough, so that they may be compared :—
| Cause of Death. | The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | The Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Number of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | N umber of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| All causes | |||||||
| Principal Zymotic diseases | |||||||
| All forms of Tuberculosis | |||||||
| Phthisis | |||||||
| Bronchitis | — | — | |||||
| Pneumonia | |||||||
The deaths of residents of the dwellings in public institutions numbered
49, being 39 for the class A and 10 for the class B dwellings. The percentage
of the total deaths of residents of the dwellings dying in public institutions was
41.0, being 42.3 for class A and 40 for class B. The percentages for the
Borough and for the wards are contained in Table VII. (Appendix).