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Shoreditch 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE Y.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING31 ST DECEMBER, 1914.NOTE.— The 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.

TABLE Y.

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

31 ST DECEMBER, 1914.

NOTE.— The 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.Total.
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.Moor fields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1 Small PoxVaccinated........................................................................
Unvaccinated........................................................................
No statement........................................................................
2 Measles23831..............................23520121611835651107
3 Scarlet fever...31...1..............................1......31325
4 Typhus fever......................... . ..............................................
5 Epidemic influenza81111...12532.........24171...1151025
6 Whooping cough22294..............................489514942262955
7 Diphtheria,membranous croup21251...........................147212371320
8 Enteric fever...1....................................1.........1...112
9 Asiatic cholera...............................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery37151............112...1...21113618152322658
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis45201..................1...1...1167814994313768
12 Other allied diseases........................................................................
13 Hydrophobia...............................................................
14 Glanders, farcy............................................................. . ..........
15 Tetanus......................................................
16 Anthrax, splenic fever........................................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination........................................................................
18 Syphilis11...........................1.........4213.. .......9312
19 Gonorrhœa........................................................................
20 Phagedœna, hospital gangrene........................................................................
21 Erysipelas2...............21......3......11221.........358
22 Puerperal fever..................2...........................11............22
23 Pyæmia, septicaemia31212112131.........13...534212618
24 Infective endocarditis...1...1.......................................2.........2...2
25 Other allied diseases...2..................1..................1.........113...3
26 Malarial fever........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever.........2......32...1............111...11448
28 Rheumatism of the heart11................................................112...2
Tuberculosis:........................................................................
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus4154111........................5724314161026
30 Larynx..................................................................
31 Lungs234412124460433312......122648224926252115079223
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica510111211.........5...4424391322
33 General, position undefined371212..................130332...27916
34 Other forms, scrofula1...22...1121......1...221121...24711
35 Other Infective diseases........................................................................
36 Thrush........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis........................................................................
38 Hydatid diseases........................................................................
39 Scurvy........................................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food........................................................................
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens........................2...1............2...1.........213