[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 64 65

Shoreditch 1908

[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 WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING31st DECEMBER.. 1908.Note.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals and other institutions in the Borough are excluded ; deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in public institutions in London beyond the limits of the Borough are included.

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TABLE VI.

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

31st DECEMBER.. 1908.

Note.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals and other institutions in the Borough are excluded ; deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring in public institutions in London beyond the limits of the Borough are included.

CAUSES OF DEATH.		AGES.													DEATHS IN EACH "WARD.								SEX.		Total.
CAUSES OF DEATH.		Under 1.	1 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.	Moorfields.	Church.	Iloxfon.	Wenlock.	Whitmore.	Kingsland.	Haggerston.	Acton.	Male.	Female.	Total.
1 Small Pox	Vaccinated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Unvaccinated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	No statement	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2 Measles		11	39	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	8	10	8	4	7	9	4	31	20	51
3 Scarlet fever		..	20	3	4	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	8	5	4	5	3	..	2	16	12	28
4 Typhus fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5 Epidemic influenza		..		..	..	1	..	..	3	2	4	8	4	..	1	6	3	4	6	1	1	..	8	¹⁴	22
6 Whooping cough		10	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	5	4	2	2	3	2	3	18	21
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup ..		3	7	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	2	3	..	1	..	..	6	7	13
8 Enteric fever		..	..	..	. .	2	2	4	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	1	6	..	..		6	5	11
9 Asiatic cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery		73	20	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2	21	13	15	1	6	15	2	56	39	95
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis		13	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	5	2	5	..	4	1	..	8	9	17
12 Other allied diseases		..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..		1	..	..	..	1	1	2
13 Hydrophobia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
14 Glanders, farcy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
15 Tetanus		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
] 6 Anthrax, splenic fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
18 Syphilis		5	..	..	..	..	¹	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	2	1		1	⁶	2	8
19 Gonorrhoea		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
20 Phagedcena, hospital gangrene		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
21 Erysipelas		2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	..		1	..	1	2	1	..	..	..	3	2	5
22 Puerperal fever		..	..		..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia		10	3	1	1	I				1	2				2	2	3	2	2	o	3	3	⁹	10	19
24 Infective endocarditis		..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	3	1	4
25 Other allied diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
26 Malarial fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
27 Rheumatic fever		1		1	1	..	...	1	2	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	0	..	..	9	4	3	7
28 Rheumatism of the heart		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculosis :		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus		13	23	4	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	9	11	4	6	5	6	2	25	19	44
30 Larynx		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
31 Lungs		4	9	0	6	9	17	50	51	11	29	3			11	31	47	32	43	24	14	22	140	84	224
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica		7	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	1	5	2	1	..	9	3	12
33 General, position undefined		7	7	5	2	1		2	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	5	3	2	8	1	4	1	18	8	26
34 Other forms, scrofula		1	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	2	..	..	..	3	2	5
35 Other In fective diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
36 Thrush		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Actinomycosis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
38 Hydatid diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
39 Scurvy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
40 Other diseases due to altered food		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..			..
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3		..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1	3
42 Chronic alcoholism		..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	6	4	1	..	..	..	5	1	3	3	2	1	..	10	5	15
43 Chronic industrial poisonings		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
44 Other chronic poisoninas				..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	2
46 Gout		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1		1
47 Cancer								1	10	14	23	19	6	i	1	10	15	10	16	4	6	12	32	42	74
48 Diabetes mellitus				..	..	1	..	1	..	3	2	..	2	..	..	3	1	1	..	2	2	..	5	4	9
49 Purpura hceinorrhagica				1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
50 Haemophilia				..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
51 Anaemia, lecucocythsemia				..	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	1 1	2	3

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