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 VI.
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING
31 st DECEMBER, 1909.
N ote.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring in hospitals and other institutions in the Borough are excluded; deaths of persons 1 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to l5. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 85. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whit more. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | Male. | Female. | |||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
No statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2 Measles | 34 | 86 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 28 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 65 | 62 | 127 | |
3 Scarlet fever | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
4 Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 Epidemic influenza | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | .. | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | |
6 Whooping cough | 28 | 41 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 45 | 73 | |
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup | 4 | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
8 Enteric fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
9 Asiatic cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery | 51 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 67 | |
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
12 Other allied diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
13 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
14 Glanders, farcy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
15 Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
16 Anthrax, splenic fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
18 Syphilis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
19 Gonorrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
20 Phagedœna, hospital gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
21 Erysipelas | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
22 Puerperal fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | |
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
24 Infective endocarditis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
25 Other allied Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | |
26 Malarial fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
27 Rheumatic fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
28 Rheumatism of the heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis : 29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
30 Larynx | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
31 Lungs | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 46 | 45 | 23 | 9 | .. | .. | 11 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 120 | 74 | 194 | |
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
33 General, position undefined | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
34 Other forms, scrofula | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
35 Other Infective diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
36 Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
37 Actinomycosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
38 Hydatid diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
39 Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
40 Other diseases due to altered food | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
42 Chronic alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
43 Chronic industrial poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
44 Other chronic poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
46 Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
47 Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 45 | 82 | |
48 Diabetes mellitus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
49 Purpura hœmorrhagica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
50 Hæmophilia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
51 Anæmia, leucocythæmia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |