Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE IV.
BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Causes of, and ages at, death during Year 1907.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all Ages. | Total Deaths In Public Institutions in the District | ||||||||||||||
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All Ages | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wen-lock. | Whit- more. | Kings-land. | Hagger- ston. | Acon. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 114 | 29 | 83 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 25 | ||
Scarlet fever | 28 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
Whooping-cough | 99 | 41 | 56 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | 20 | 3 | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Other contd. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza | 23 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .. | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa (see notes) | 115 | 98 | 11 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |
Enteritis (see notes) | 16 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Puerperal fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Other septic diseases | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | |
Phthisis | 232 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 178 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 33 | 55 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 132 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 95 | 23 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .. | 20 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | 102 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 77 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 42 | |
Bronchitis | 236 | 63 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 66 | 4 | 40 | 48 | 38 | 56 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 99 | |
Pneumonia | 232 | 56 | 94 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 49 | 38 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 67 | |
Pleurisy | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other diseases of Res-piratory organs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 47 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | .. | 27 | |
Venereal diseases | 12 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Premature birth | 60 | 60 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Heart diseases | 179 | .. | 1 | 16 | 7 | 110 | 45 | 12 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 93 | |
Accidents | 94 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29 | |
Suicides | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | |
All other causes | 593 | 141 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 160 | 222 | 26 | 93 | 94 | 72 | 141 | 63 | 51 | 54 | 308 | |
All causes | 2365 | 569 | 423 | 94 | 86 | 783 | 410 | 89 | 401 | 391 | 344 | 526 | 194 | 196 | 224 | 912 |