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Shoreditch 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE V.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. AND IN EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING

31ST DECEMBER, 1911.

Notk. 1 he deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals and other institutions in the Borough are excluded ; deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in public institutions in London beyond the limits of the Borough are included.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenloek.Whitmore.Kings'nnd.Haggfrston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
1 Small PoxVaccinated................................................
Unvaccinated................................................
No statement................................................
2 Measles27944....................2311810221916768571 25
3 Scarlet fever16..............................2311527
4 Typhus fever..............................................
5 Epidemic influenza2..1..........43..2..123231..6612
6 Wliooping cough1418......................152.47247141832
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup2173....................2364129,219,1022
8 Enteric fever............1..........................11..1
9 Asiatic cholera..............................................
10 Diarrhœa, dysentery8034..........1..37....426182 622118106659125
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis289........................8585344172037
12 Other allied diseases1............................1..........1..1
13 Hydrophobia................................................
14 Glanders, farcy................................................
15 Tetanus................1..................1....1..1
16 Anthrax, splenic fever................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination................................................
18 Syphilis91........................122411..7411
19 Gonorrhœa................................................
20 Phagedœna, hospital gangrene................................................
21 Erysipelas............111..1....11....11....314
22 Puerperal fever..........1..1..................1....1..22
23 Pyemia, septicemia2421....121..........3132..316713
24 Infective endocarditis......11..11............11....11..134
25 Other allied diseases..................1..1..1....1..........22
26 Malarial fever................................................
27 Rheumatic fever......1..11..1..........121........314
28 Rheumatism of the heart................................................
Tuberculosis:
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus1018711................211427425191837
30 Larynx................1..............1........1..1
31 Lungs36..513124640381721..737229! 34019181710083183
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica84........1..............2..2..5..138513
33 General, position undefined410112..12..........1272322114721
34 Other forms, scrofula141........2..21....131..51....7411
35 Other Infective diseases................................................
36 Thrush................................................
37 Actinonycosis................................................
38 Hydatid diseases................................................
39 Scurvy................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food................................................
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens..............1..1............11........22
42 Chronic alcoholism..............4351......41341....10313
43 Chronic industrial poisonings................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis................................................
46 Gout..................................................
47 Cancer............171626236..2131911113911433679
48 Diabetes mellitus............1231........212......2527
49 Purpura hemorrhagica................................................
50 Hemophilia................................................
51 Anemia, leucocythemia............2..11......1..11......1314