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Shoreditch 1901

[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 REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 ST, 1901.Note . The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals, &c., in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

TABLE V.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 ST, 1901.

Note . The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals, &c., in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Male.Female.Total.
Under 11 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.
1 Small PoxVaccinated...............1..............................11...1
Unvaccinated1111..............................121224
No statement............................................................
2 Measles14583..............................9181434462975
3 Scarlet Fever113321........................2321313720
4 Typhus Fever............................................................
5 Epidemic Influenza11.........1333121...255451116
6 Whooping Cough23341..............................2131033273158
7 Diphtheria, Membraneous Croup41842...........................31069103128
8 Enteric Fever...1......11313............22335510
9 Asiatic Cholera............................................................
10 Diarrhœa, Dysentery12718.........1...1...2...4...184238558370153
11 Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis............................................................
12 Other allied Diseases22.......................................13224
13 Hydrophobia............................................................
14 Glanders, Farcy............................................................
15 Tetanus............................................................
16 Anthrax, Splenic Fever............................................................
17 Cow-pox, Accidents of Vaccination............................................................
18 Syphilis............................................................
19 Gonorrhœa............................................................
20 Phagedœna, Hospital Gangrene............................................................
21 Erysipelas1........................4...1...1311246
22 Puerperal Fever..................2........................2......22
23 Pyamia, Septicœmia3...1...1...1.....................3216...6
24 Infective Endocarditis.........19...12...............11...4336
25 Other allied Diseases1..................1.........1...1......23...3
26 Malarial Fever............................................................
27 Rheumatic Fever......1...31...1...1............421437
28 Rheumatism of the Heart............................................................
Tuberculosis :
29 Brain or Meninges, Acute Hydrocephalus1118121...3..................36720171936
30 Larynx...............112...............21...1314
31 Lungs475415174771622051...47525610316593258
32 Intestines, Tabes Mesinterica9651.........1..................51099211233
33 General, position undefined451............11...............2378412
34 Other forms, Scrofula4821...1211............327811920
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............................................................
42 Chronic Alcoholism.....................45211......3556713
43 Chronic Industrial Poisoning............................................................
44 Other Chronic Poisonings............................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis..............................1............1...1...1
46 Gout..............................41...21...2415
47 Cancer...............12102121163...14111930314374
48 Diabetes Mellitus..................2...11.........12...1224
49 Purpura Hoemorrhagica............................................................
50 Hæmophilia...1.......................................1......11
51 Ancemia, Leucocythæmia...1......12.....................1111224