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Shoreditch 1903

[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 , 1903.N ote .—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belongingto Shoreditch 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 , 1903.

N ote .—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in the Borough are excluded; and the deaths of persons belonging

to Shoreditch in London beyond the limits of the Borough, are included.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
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 46.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to upwards.
1 Small PoxVaccinated............................................................
Unvaccinated............................................................
No statement............................................................
2 Measles30663..............................7501725485199
3 Scarlet fever...34..............................1321257
4 Typhus fever............................................................
5 Epidemic influenza12...1. . ....142323...293510919
6 Whooping cough14252..............................312818182341
7 Diphtheria, membraneous croup417.................................43311101121
8 Enteric fever.........2433...1............242510313
9 Asiatic cholera............................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery7511...............1...11......15272324464389
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis1212....... . ........ . ........ . .......3121227312354
12 Other allied diseases12.................................1......2123
13 Hydrophobia............................................................
14 Glanders, farcy............. . ..............................................
15 Tetanus21............1......1.........12...2325
16 Anthrax, splenic fever............................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination.........................................................
18 Syphilis2............1...1...............11...2224
19 Gonorrhoea............................................................
20 Phagedcena, hospital gangrene.............................................................
21 Erysipelas3..................1...21......2212437
22 Puerperal fever..................1.....................1.........11
23 Pyamia, septicaemia242...122112.........383311617
24 Infective endocarditis...............111..................1...2123
25 Other allied diseases1...1.................................2......2...2
26 Malarial fever........................1.....................1...11
27 Bheumatic fever.............................................................
28 Rheumatism of the heart............................................................
Tubekculosis :
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus1219641.........2............491318242044
30 Larynx........................1..................1...1...1
31 Lungs371714145170682961...396255115171100271
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica115...............1...............22491U717
33 General, position undefined11911......312............41131021728
34 Other forms, scrofula542...1......11...1......24459615
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.....................1...............1.........1...1
42 Chronic alcoholism.....................9732......564691221
43 Chronic industrial poisoning............................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings............................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis........................1.....................1...11
46 Gout..............................2.........1...1112
47 Cancer..................192717185...12151931334477
48 Diabetes mellitus..................2...1...2............23235
49 Purpura hoemorrhagica............................................................
50 Haemophilia............................................................
51 Anaemia, leucocvthaemia.......................................I.....................