Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE IV.
BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Causes of, and ages at, death during Year 1910.
Causes of Death. | Deaths belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths belonging to Localities at all Ages. | Total Deaths In Public Institutions in the District | ||||||||||||||
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All ages | | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 1-5 and under 25. | 25 and ' under 65. | | 65 and unwardp | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kings-land | Hugger-stem. | AC'on. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 80 | 21 | 57 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
Scarlet fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Whooping-cough | 45 | 21 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | 14 | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | |
Other contd | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza | 16 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea (see notes) | 91 | 79 | 8 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 15 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |
Enteritis (see notes) | 7 | .., | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Puerperal fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Other septic diseases | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
Phthisis | 169 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 134 | 6 | .. | 23 | 20 | 34 | 44 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 122 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 72 | 23 | 27 | .. | 12 | 10 | .. | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | 91 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 67 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 38 | |
Bronchitis | 199 | 29 | 9 | .. | 1 | 71 | 89 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 21 | 62 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 129 | |
Pneumonia | 223 | 69 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 35 | 26 | 48 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 121 | |
Pleurisy | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Other diseases of Pespiratory organs | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Alcoholism | 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
Cirrhosis of liver | |||||||||||||||||
Venereal diseases | 13 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Premature birth | 64 | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 16 | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Heart diseases | 133 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 77 | 39 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 1/ | 29 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 46 | |
Accidents | 77 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 18 | |
Suicides | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
All other causes | 520 | 161 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 155 | 151 | 21 | 92 | 92 | 69 | 121 | 57 | 53 | 35 | 285 | |
All causes | 1913 | 528 | 257 | 55 | 59 | 665 | 349 | 56 | 308 | 283 | 266 | 452 | 202 | 168 | 178 | 885 |