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Shoreditch 1904

[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, 1904.N ote .—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, 1904.

N ote .—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.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Male.Female.Total.
Under 1.1 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.
Vaccinated............................................................
1 Small Pox ( Unvaccinated2................ . ............................2112
No statement....... . .............. . .....................................
2 Measles1170.................................1013949503181
3 Scarlet fever93.........1....... . .......22639413
4 Typhus fever.......... . .. . ....• . ................. . ... ..... . .......
5 Epidemic influenza2...1......1...2223I43...79514
6 Whooping cough2436............................ . ....617928213960
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup31321........................263881119
8 Enteric fever.........13...221............2214549
9 Asiatic cholera.........................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery9423...............11...11...8273749b952121
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis567..................1......1...2231624353065
12 Other allied diseases11....................................2...22
13 Hydrophobia............................................................
14 Glanders, farcy.......... . .................................................
15 Tetanus................ . .....................................
16 Anthrax, splenic fever.........................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination............................................................
18 Syphilis71............121.........• ••35138412
19 Gonorrhoea............................................................
20 Phagedoena, hospital gangrene......................... . ...............................
21 Erysipelas3...............1......1.........22...1235
22 Puerperl fever...............1i.....................2............2
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia2...111...2...1...............224538
24 Infective endocarditis.........1i...I.....................3......213
25 Other allied diseases...1......1.................................2112
26 Malarial fever......................... . ........ . .........................
27 Rheumatic fever.........1......3121............152448
28 Rheumatism of the heart............................................................
Tuberculosis :
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus181953211..................813424202949
30 Larynx................................................22...2
31 Intestines tables mesinterica313151221585846219......3660589315394247
32 Intestines, tabes mesinterica142...2...........................193581018
33 General, position undefined1882...2...313............49816201737
34 Other forms, scrofula343...2........................25236612
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...112
42 Chronic alcoholism...............210754......28711131528
43 Chronic industrial poisoning............................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings............................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis............................................................
46 Gout........................1.........1...1...1
47 Cancer..................72032165...18152225314980
48 Diabetes mellitus...............1...32............123246
49 Purpura hoemorrhagica.........................................................
50 Haemophilia................................................
51 Anæmia, leucocythæmia...............2...........................2112