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Shoreditch 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE IV.

BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.

Causes of, and ages at, death during Year 1901.

Causes of Death. 1Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to localities at all AgesTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 13
All Ages. 2Under 1. 31 and under 5. 45 and under 15 515 and under 25. 625 and under 65. 765 and upwards 8Shoreditch South 9Hoxton New Town 10Hoxton Old Town 11Haggerston. 12
Small-pox5ll2l.........1221
Measles7514583.........91814344
Scarlet fever201135l......23213...
Whooping-cough5823341.........2131033...
Diphtheria and membranous croup284186.........310691
Croup1......1...............1...1
FeverTyphus.................................
Enteric10...1...27...22331
Other contd..................................
Epidemic influenza1611...110325542
Cholera....................................
Plague....................................
Diarrhœa (see notes below)15312718...1341842385523
Enteritis (see notes below)30253......11144211
Puerperal fever2............2.........2...2
Erysipelas61.........4113113
Other septic diseases154...235124271
Phthisis258479322006475256103138
Other tuberculous diseases10545368313...1321264516
Cancer, malignant disease95......2367231717273428
Bronchitis281782622819248726299134
Pneumonia276667957952445545112669
Pleurisy3............3......2...11
Other diseases of Respiratory organs17241...7332754
Alcoholism34............2954991222
Cirrhosis of liver
Venereal diseases....................................
Premature birth9090...............52820378
Diseases and accidents of parturition6............6...11222
Heart diseases1513...81184452338315983
Accidents913914...21719824213815
Suicides17.........214117452
All other causes753284531828179191122183178270321
All Causes259681236673998274193796155841018883

Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths of "residents" occurring in public institutions, whether within
or without the district, have been included with the other deaths in the columns for
the several age groups (columns 2-8). They have also, in columns 9-12, been included
among the deaths in their respective "localities " according to the previous addresses
of the deceased as given by the registrars. Deaths of "non-residents" occurring in
public institutions in the district have been in like manner excluded from columns 2-8
and 9-12 of this Table.
(b) See notes on Table I. as to the meaning of "residents " and "non-residents," and as
to the "Public Institutions " taken into account for the purposes of these Tables.
(c) All deaths occurring in public institutions situated within the district, whether of
" residents " or of " non-residents " have, in addition to being dealt with as in note
(a), been entered in the last column of this Table.
(d) Under the heading of "diarrhœa " have been included deaths certified as from diarrhoea,
alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined nature ; and also deaths
certified as from
Epidemic enteritis;
Zymotic enteritis;
Epidemic diarrhoea. Summer diarrhœa ;
Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhoea ;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic cholera).
Under the heading of " enteritis " have been included those certified as from gastroenteritis,
muco-enteritis and gastric catarrh.
Deaths from diarrhœa secondary to some other well-defined disease have been included