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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The births registered during the year, and the birth-rates in the dwellings as a whole, and the two classes into which they have been divided, are shown below:—
| The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. |
| 245 | 29.5 | 184 | 29.5 | 61 | 34.8 |
The proportion of deaths attributed to prematurity was at the rate of 36.7 per
1,000 births as compared with 7.2 in 1912, 24.4 in 1911, 13.5 in 1910, 11.7 in 1909,
4.3 in 1908, 12 in 1907, 12 in 1906 and 27.5 in 1905. In Class A the deaths from
prematurity amounted to 27.1, whilst in Class B they were 65.5 per 1,000 births.
For the whole Borough the deaths from prematurity amounted to 19.1 per 1,000
births.
The infantile mortality for the whole of the dwellings was 143 per 1,000
births as compared with 84 in 1912, 131 in 1911, 95 in 1910, 113 in 1909, 103 in
1908, 124 in 1907, 97 in 1906 and 140 in 1905. For the Class A dwellings it was
152 as compared with 76 in 1912, 125 in 1911, 65 in 1910, 101 in 1909, 75 in 1908,
99 in 1907, 84 in 1906 and 134 in 1905. For Class B the mortality was 115, as
compared with 99 in 1912,147 in 1911, 192 in 1910, 158 in 1909, 213 in 1908, 207
in 1907, 133 in 1906 and 166 in 1905.
In the subjoined table are given the deaths and death-rates from certain causes for the dwellings and the corresponding death-rates for the whole Borough, so that they may be compared:—
| Cause of Death. | The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | The Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| All causes | 113 | 13.6 | 86 | 13.1 | 27 | 14.8 | 184 |
| Principal Zymotic diseases. | 14 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.3 | 22 |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | 14 | 1.7 | 12 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Phthisis | 8 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.2 | ... | ... | 1.7 |
| Bronchitis | 12 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Pneumonia | 18 | 2.1 | 14 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.2 | 2.0 |