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 1908.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Haggei--ston. | Ac'on. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 51 | 11 | 39 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | |
| Scarlet fever | 28 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | ||
| Whooping-cough | 21 | 10 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other contd | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic influenza | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 12 | .. | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea (see notes) | 146 | 120 | 23 | .. | 1 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 18 | |||
| Enteritis (see notes) | 14 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | . . | 2 | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| 0flier septic diseases | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Phthisis | 224 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 171 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 47 | 32 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 132 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 87 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 17 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 91 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 60 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 45 | |
| Bronchitis | 163 | 27 | 13 | .. | 1 | 56 | 66 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 23 | 39 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 97 | |
| Pneumonia | 222 | 52 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 38 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 24 | 49 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 113 | |
| Pleurisy | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Alcoholism ) Cirrhosis of liver | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 33 | |
| Venereal diseases | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | |
| Premature birth | 61 | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Heart diseases | 149 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 89 | 38 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 77 | ||
| Accidents | 91 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 27 | |
| Suicides | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| All other causes | 486 | 131 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 160 | 151 | 19 | 81 | 61 | 64 | 108 | 45 | 54 | 54 | 269 | |
| All causes | 2006 | 510 | 257 | 77 | 67 | 72S | 367 | 79 | 335 | 33U | 278 | 419 193 | 197 | 175 | 884 | ||