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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VII. — ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1905.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1905. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | deaths during the years: | deaths during 1905 from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small.Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | *Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905 | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,684,794 | 27.1 | 17.2 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 1.7 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.72 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 131 | 9.9 | 37.5 | 0.2 |
| Shoreditch | § 115,564 | 34.2 | 20.9 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 2.8 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.73 | 0.01 | 1.30 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 165 | 12.2 | 40.3 | 0.13 |
| Wards. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moorfields | 5,831 | 23.5 | ... | ... | ... | 14.4 | 1.0 | ... | 0.17 | 0.34 | ... | 0.51 | ... | ... | 2.2 | 0.8 | 124 | 11.9 | 39.2 | 1.19 |
| Church | 20,103 | 36.1 | ... | ... | ... | 21.3 | 3.4 | ... | 0.44 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 1.34 | 0.04 | 1.29 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 172 | 14.6 | 39.0 | 0.46 |
| Hoxton | 18,216 | 37.0 | ... | ... | ... | 21.3 | 4.3 | ... | 1.09 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 1.04 | ... | 2.08 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 193 | 131 | 31.1 | ... |
| Wenlock | §16,967 | 30.7 | ... | ... | ... | 17.7 | 2.7 | ... | 0.53 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.53 | ... | 1.35 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 169 | 19.0 | 34.6 | ... |
| Whitmore | 18,461 | 35.0 | ... | ... | ... | 24.1 | 3.0 | 0.05 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.59 | 0.05 | 1.51 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 162 | 10.3 | 55.6 | ... |
| Kingsland | 11,281 | 37.2 | ... | ... | ... | 18.1 | 1.2 | ... | 0.26 | 0.35 | ... | ... | ... | 0.53 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 143 | 15.6 | 41.4 | ... |
| Haggerston | 12,314 | 33.5 | ... | ... | ... | 16.8 | 3.3 | ... | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.81 | ... | 1.54 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 181 | 6.7 | 36.5 | ... |
| Acton | 12,391 | 33.4 | ... | ... | ... | 16.7 | 2.4 | ... | 0.56 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 0.48 | ... | 0.89 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 125 | 11.0 | 38.4 | ... |
* Fever includes typhus, typhoid, and continued fevers.
§ The inhabitants of the Holborn Union Workhouse, which is situate in Wenlock Ward, 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.