London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Of the deaths at all ages, the chief causes were : tuberculosis which accounted
for 328 including 248 attributed to phthisis or consumption, pneumonia which
caused 237, bronchitis 189, diseases of the heart and circulatory system 179,
diarrhoea and enteritis 138, cancer 89, old age 91, measles 67, whooping' cough 36,
Bright's disease and acute nephritis 79, prematurity 61, non - tuberculous
meningitis 34, atrophy debility and marasmus 31, alcoholism and cirrhosis of the
liver 24, and various forms of violence which resulted in 103 deaths.
Of the deaths attributed to cancer, 45 were of males and 44 of females ;
5 were of persons under 45 years of age, 50 of persons aged from 45 to 65 years,
26 were of persons between 65 and 75 years, and 8 were of persons aged between
75 and 85 years. There were also some 10 deaths certified as due to malignant
disease or sarcoma. Some of those attributed to malignant disease may have been
the result of cancer. The cancer death-rate for the year was 0"87, the highest so
far recorded.
Of the deaths from alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver 8 were of males
and 24 of females.
There were 4 deaths attributed to appendicitis, 3 of males, and 6 deaths to
peritonitis of which 3 were of males.
Of the deaths from violence 62 were of males and 41 females. Through
accident or negligence 92 persons lost their lives including 10 infants through
suffocation in bed, a number markedly below the average. There were 4 cases of
homicide and 7 men committed suicide.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

The number and distribution of the deaths of persons belonging and not belonging to the.Borough in the public institutions situate in Shoreditch are as set out in the subjoined table :—

Institution.Persons belonging to Shoreditch.Persons not belonging to Shoreditch.Total.
Holborn Union Workhouse13224237
Shoreditch Workhouse58535620
Royal Chest Hospital62531
Convent Hospital11
Totals604285889