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Shoreditch 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The births registered during g 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Number. | Kate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. |
| 221 | 28.7 | 169 | 28 .5 | 52 | 29.2 |
The number of births was 34 less than in 1909.
The proportion of deaths attributed to prematurity were at the rate of 13.5
per 1,000 births, as compared with 11.7 in 1909. 4.3 in 1908, 12 in 1907, 12 in 1906
and 27.5 in 1905. In class A the deaths from prematurity amounted to 11.8 per
1,000 births, whilst in class B they were 19.2. For the whole Borough the deaths
from prematurity amounted to 17.8 per 1,000 births.
The infantile mortality for the whole of the dwellings was 95 per 1,000 births,
as compared with 113 in 1909, 103 in 1908, 124 in 1907, 97 in 1906, and 140 in 1905.
For the class A dwellings it was 65, as compared with 101 in 1909, 75 in 1908, 99 in
1907, 84 in 1906, and 134 in 1905. For class B the mortality was 192, as compared
with 158 in 1909, 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. | Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| All causes | 73 | 9.5 | 55 | 9.3 | 18 | 10.1 | 16.8 |
| Principal Zymotic diseases | 4 | 0.51 | 3 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.55 | 1.9 |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | 0.77 | 6 | 1.0 | - | - | 2.1 |
| Phthisis | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.5 | — | — | 1.4 |
| Bronchitis | 7 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 1.1 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
The deaths of residents of the dwellings in public institutions numbered 39,
being 27 for the class A and 12 for the class B dwellings. The percentage of the
total deaths of residents of the dwellings dying in public institutions was 53.4, being
49.0 for class A and 66.0 for class B. The percentages for the Borough and for the
wards are contained in Table VII. (Appendix).