Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1903.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to localities at all Ages | Total Deaths InPublic Institutions in the District | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | Shore-ditch South | Hox- ton New Town. | Hox- ton Old Town. | Haggerston. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 99 | 30 | 66 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 50 | 17 | 25 | 11 | |
Scarlet fever | 7 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
Whooping-cough | 41 | 14 | 25 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 1 | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | 21 | 4 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ... | |
Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric | 13 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Other contd. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Epidemic influenza | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 12 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhcea (see notes below) | 143 | 117 | 23 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 35 | 51 | 2 | |
Enteritis (see notes below) | 66 | 52 | 9 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 8 | |
Puerperal fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
Erysipelas | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | |
Other septic diseases | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ... | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
Phthisis | 271 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 218 | 7 | 39 | 62 | 55 | 115 | 146 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 105 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 25 | 42 | 19 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | 98 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 68 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 35 | 83 | |
Bronchitis | 187 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 70 | 30 | 48 | 43 | 66 | 97 | |
Pneumonia | 179 | 40 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 19 | 22 | 43 | 37 | 77 | 37 | |
Pleurisy | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 4 | |
Alcoholism | 45 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 22 | |
Cirrhosis of liver | |||||||||||||
Venereal diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Premature birth | 79 | 79 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 21 | 20 | 31 | 18 | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | |
Heart diseases | 139 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 81 | 39 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 59 | 71 | |
Accidents | 92 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 15 | |
Suicides | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | 3 | 4 | |
All other causes | 614 | 207 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 174 | 173 | 117 | 135 | 144 | 218 | 330 | |
All Causes | 2280 | 676 | 307 | 71 | 76 | 787 | 363 | 341 | 591 | 499 | 849 | 832 |
Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths o "residents" occurring in public institutions, whether within
or without the district, have been included with the other deaths in the columns for
the leveral 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) bee 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 not«
(a), been entered in the last column of this Table.
(d) Under the heading of " diarrhoea " 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 diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease have been inoluded
under the latter.