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Shoreditch 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE VI.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARDDURING THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1905.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 VI.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD

DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1905.

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 IN EACH WARD FROM ALL CAUSES.
CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Moorfields.Church.HoxtonWenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.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 85.00 ana upwards.
1 Small PoxVaccinated........................................................................
Unvaccinated...1.........1.................................1...1...2...2
No statement........................................................................
2 Measles1545.................................192097347352560
3 Scarlet fever3195..............................23245434161127
4 Typhus fever........................................................................
5 Epidemic influenza...1..................1342...11...141214711
6 Whooping cough28561..............................32719911...106454085
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup...133.........1.....................4124...428917
8 Enteric fever..................1...1...............1.........1......2...2
9 Asiatic cholera........................................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery82111..................21.........192012225127484997
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis39111.....................21......718116174282654
12 Other allied diseases...1................................................1......1...1
13 Hydrophobia........................................................................
14 Glanders, farcy........................................................................
15 Tetanus........................................................................
16 Anthrax, splenic fever........................................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination........................................................................
18 Syphilis91...............1..................41312......5611
19 Gonorrhœa........................................................................
20 Phagedœna, hospital gangrene........................................................................
21 Erysipelas1........................11.....................111...33
22 Puerperal fever..................4.....................1...1...2.........44
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia32...211...2211......1332312...10515
24 Infective endocarditis......1...1.................................11.........2...2
25 Other allied diseases...1..................11............2......1.........123
26 Malarial fever........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever.....................2..................1......1.........112
28 Rheumatism of the heart........................................................................
Tuberculosis:
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus10273611......1............37878835272249
30 Larynx...............1......1...............112...2
31 Lungs110...610143367491951...94524304320182613184215
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica1612......12..................133445214822
33 General, position undefined316311...3111............6476421161430
34 Other forms, scrofula11.........1........................1...11.........123
35 Other Infective diseases................................................. .......................
36 Thrush........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis........................................................................
38 Hydatid diseases...............1.................................1...............1
39 Scurvy...............................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food............................. .....................................
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens..................211...............12......1......4...4
42 Chronic alcoholism..................1574.........171223...18917
43 Chronic industrial poisoning.................................................... ....................
44 Other chronic poisonings.....................................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.................................1...............1............11
46 Gout..............................1...............1.........l...1
47 Cancer...............141220201510...511131218779374582
48 Diabetes mellitus..................2121............2422......6410
49 Purpura hœmorrhagica.........1..........................................1...1...1
50 Hæmophilia...............................................................
51 Anæmia, lecucocythæmia..................1...........................1............1...1

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