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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VI- ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1903.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1903 | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| births | deaths during the years : | deaths during 1903 from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox 1 | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | *Fever. | Diarrhcea. | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1900 | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,613,812 | 28.5 | 18.8 | 17.6 | 17.2 | 15.7 | 1.7 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.08 | 0.64 | 131 | |||||
| Shoreditch | § 116,865 | 32.9 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 20.9 | 19.6 | 2.7 | — | 0.85 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.85 | 0.11 | 1.28 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 176 | 36.8 | ||
| Shoreditch South | 15,800 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 22.2 | 21.6 | 2.2 | — | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 1.14 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 156 | |||
| Hoxton New Town | §28,225 | 82.5 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 3.9 | — | 1.77 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.42 | 0.14 | 1.38 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 186 | |||
| Hoxton Old Town | 26,350 | 34.5 | 19.8 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 2.5 | — | 0.64 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 1.32 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 188 | |||
| Haggerston | 45,990 | 34.2 | 20.9 | 22.1 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 2.4 | — | 0.54 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.39 | 0.10 | 1.10 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 156 | |||
*Fever includes typhus, typhoid, and continued fevers.
§The inhabitants of the Holborn Union Workhouse, which is situate in Hoxton New Town Sub-District, and the deaths
occurring in that institution are excluded.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is inserted;
where no deaths have occurred, a line is placed in the space under the heading.