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 III.
Causes of, and ages at death during the Year 1911 in the Borough of
Shoreditch.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a). | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or " Nonresidents " in Institutions in the District (b). | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and vinder 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11. | |
All causes | Certified (c) | 2227 | 598 | 244 | 155 | 75 | 69 | 273 | 428 | 385 | 939 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 125 | 27 | 50 | 44 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping-cough | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Diphtheria and Croup (See note (d) ) | 23 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | |
Erysipelas | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 183 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 86 | 55 | 3 | 98 | |
Tuberculosis Meningitis (See note (e) ) | 87 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Other Tuberculous diseases | 46 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | ||
Rheumatic Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Cancer, malignant disease (See note (/)) | 90 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 47 | 33 | 49 | |
Bronchitis | 210 | 44 | 9 | 3 | .. | 2 | 18 | 65 | 69 | 135 | |
Broncho-pneumonia | 119 | 39 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 140 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 36 | 22 | 67 | |
Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 15 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Diarrhœa and Enteritis (See note (g)) | 254 | 165 | 59 | 15 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | 72 | |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism (See note (h) ) | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||
Cirrhosis of | Liver | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 14 | 1 | 12 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 53 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 25 | 17 | 40 | ||
Puerperal Fever (See note(i)) | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Congenital Debility and malformation, including premature birth (See note (j)) | 177 | 171 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | |
Violent deaths, excluding suicide | 100 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 21 | |
Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other defined diseases | 532 | 50 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 76 | 131 | 204 | 319 | |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
2227 | 598 | 244 | 155 | 75 | 69 | 273 | 428 | 385 | 939 |