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Shoreditch 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VI.— ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1914.
| DISTRICTS. | Estimated population 1914. | ANNUAL RATE PEE 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS | DEATHS DURING THE YEARS: | DEATHS DURING 1914 FROM | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Lough. | 'Fever. | 'I t Diarrhoea. 1 | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 1,518,021 | 24.3 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.4 | ... | ... | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.67 | 1.7 | 0.60 | 104 | 10.3 | 45.7 | 0.08 |
| Shoreditch | ‡ 108,362 | 32.0 | 20.2 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 3.2 | ... | 0.98 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 143 | 17.4 | 52.8 | ... |
| Wards. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moor fields | 4,582 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 16.9 | 2.4 | ... | 0.44 | ... | 0.22 | 0.88 | ... | 0.66 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 99 | 15.5 | 42.8 | ... |
| Church | 18,618 | 31.3 | 21.7 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 19.1 | 4.1 | ... | 1.88 | ... | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.10 | 1.45 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 187 | 17.7 | 56.4 | ... |
| Hoxton | 16,214 | 34.9 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 3.9 | ... | 1.23 | ... | 0.43 | 0.55 | ... | 1.23 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 152 | 16.3 | 51.8 | ... |
| Wenlock | + 16,015 | 32.9 | 16.2 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 18.1 | 2.6 | ... | 0.75 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.30 | ... | 0.87 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 121 | 21.0 | 45.8 | ... |
| Whitmore | § 18,816 | 32.9 | 27.5 | 22.0 | 19.9 | 23.0 | 3.9 | ... | 0.85 | ... | 0.05 | 0.74 | ... | 1.70 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 163 | 18.7 | 561 | ... |
| Kingsand | 10,670 | 35.3 | 20.1 | 16'3 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 3.2 | ... | 1.03 | ... | 0.18 | 0.84 | 0.09 | 0.99 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 114 | 15.1 | 52.0 | ... |
| Haggerston | 1.1,137 | 30.3 | 18.3 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 16.9 | 3.1 | ... | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 036 | ... | 1.26 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 136 | 20.1 | 60.3 | ... |
| Acton | 12,360 | 30.8 | 19.5 | 161 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 1.2 | ... | 0.24 | 0.08 | ... | 0T6 | ... | 0.48 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 105 | 12.4 | 46.4 | ... |
* Fever includes typhus, typhoid and continued fevers,
† Diarrhoea in this table includes enteritis in children under two years.
‡ The inhabitants of the Holborn Union Workhouse, which is situate in Wenlock Ward, and the deaths occurring in that
institution are excluded.
§ The Shoreditch Workhouse is situate in this Ward. In the cases of some of the deaths in outlying institutions, the workhouse
is the last known place of residence. This Ward is therefore probably credited with some deaths belonging to other Wards.
Note.— Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1,000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is
inserted ; where no deaths have occurred, dots are placed in the space under the heading.