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 1909.
Causes or Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Dkaths 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. | 2ft and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Moor-fields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wen-lock. | Whit-more. | Kings-land. | Bagger-ston. | Acton. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 1 6 | 17 | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 127 | 34 | 86 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 28 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 10 | |
Scarlet fever | 7 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Whooping-cough . . | 73 | 28 | 41 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | 21 | 4 | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Other contd. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza . . | 23 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | 5 | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea (see notes) | 108 | 88 | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |
Enteritis (see notes) | 21 | .. | 14 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Puerperal fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 16 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 10 | |
Other septic diseases | 24 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 7 | |
Phthisis | 194 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 151 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 115 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 83 | 17 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 8 | .. | 3 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | 92 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 60 | 31 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 38 | |
Bronchitis | 198 | 31 | 16 | 1 | .. | 76 | 74 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 65 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 120 | |
Pneumonia | 281 | 56 | 69 | 4 | .. | 107 | 38 | 17 | 47 | 27 | 38 | 61 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 136 | |
Pleurisy | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 7 | |
Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 36 | |
Venereal diseases | 10 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Premature birth | 78 | 78 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 14 | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Heart diseases | 141 | .. | .. | 10 | 16 | 66 | 49 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 34 | 1 5 | 13 | 14 | 67 | |
Accidents | 74 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 18 | |
Suicides | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
All other causes | 529 | 128 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 160 | 177 | 21 | 85 | 65 | 70 | 130 | 52 | 49 | 57 | 254 | |
All causes | 2189 | 512 | 354 | 80 | 81 | 745 | 417 | 87 | 382 | 296 | 299 | 502 | 225 | 196 | 202 | 903 |
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