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Shoreditch 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE V.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING31ST DECEMBER, 1923.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 V.

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

31ST DECEMBER, 1923.

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 2.2 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.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1 SmallpoxVaccinated...........................................................................
Unvaccinated...........................................................................
No statement...........................................................................
2 Measles4811.................................1525213491423
3 Scarlet fever......411...........................1...3...11......156
4 Typhus fever.......................................................... . ................
5 Epidemic influenza31...............2...2321......31251115914
6 Whooping cough541....................................1214...2...4610
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup2461..............................132221115813
8 Enteric fever............1.................................1...............1...1
9 Asiatic cholera...........................................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery51.....................1...............21...3......1257
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis52.......................................1...213...527
12 Other allied diseases...1.......................................1..................1...1
13 Hydrophobia...........................................................................
14 Glanders, farcy...........................................................................
15 Tetanus........................1...............1.....................1...1
16 Anthrax, splenic fever.....................1..............................1.........1...1
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination...........................................................................
18 Syphilis3...........................1............11...11......4...4
19 Gonorrhœa...........................................................................
20 Phagedoena, hospital gangrene...........................................................................
21 Erysipelas.........11...............1............11............1123
22 Puerperal fever........................................................................
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia21............1......2...11......211...31...538
24 Infective endocarditis...............1131..................1122.........336
25 Other allied diseases.........1.......................................1...............11
26 Malarial fever...........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever......1...32...........................12...2...1...426
28 Rheumatism of the heart...........................................................................
Tuberculosis:—
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus2...321..............................2...1113...358
30 Larynx...........................................................................
31 Lungs.........3110133139241341...525261726719147564139
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica...........................................................................
33 General, position undefined2...41...............11............2113...11639
34 Other forms, scrofula1..................121...............12...2.........325
35 Other infective diseases...........................................................................
36 Thrush...........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis........................1.............................................1
38 Hydatid diseases........................................................................
39 Scurvy...........................................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food...........................1.....................1...............11
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens...........................................................................