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Shoreditch 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE V.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING31ST DECEMBER, 1913.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.

TABLE V.

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

31ST DECEMBER, 1913.

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.
Under 1.1 to 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.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingslaud.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1Small PoxVaccinated........................................................................
Unvaccinated........................................................................
No statement........................................................................
2Measles12271..............................111958123202040
3Scarlet fever...12....................................1...1...1...213
4Typhus fever........................................................................
5Epidemic influenza52......121...533.........352515114822
6Whooping cough1117.................................17622244131528
7Diphtheria, membranous croup2102.................................123413...8614
8Enteric fever...............1....................................1.........11
9Asiatic cholera........................................................................
10Diarrhoea, dysentery6745......1......21............1263216206786947116
11Epidemic or zymotic enteritis2716....................................13375546212243
12Other allied diseases......1..........................................1.........1...1
13Hydrophobia........................................................................
14Glanders, farcy........................................................................
15Tetanus................................................1............1...1
16Anthrax, splenic fever.....................................................................1
17Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination........................................................................
18Syphilis41.....................1............2......1111426
19Gonorrhœa........................................................................
20Phagedœna, hospital gangrene........................................................................
21Erysipelas5............2.........11.........1411......2459
22Puerperal fever..................31..................1......2...1......44
23Pyaemia, septicaemia12111.........433.........32243117916
24Infective endocarditis............11........................2.....................22
25Other allied diseases..................1........................1...............1...1
26Malarial fever........................................................................
27Rheumatic fever......211...21...............2111......11347
28Rheumatism of the heart........................................................................
Tuberculosis:
29Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus101472...1........................6756352191534
30Larynx........................................................................
31Lungs2753593541363462...63730254021191712164185
32Intestines, tabes mesenterica631.........1.....................2132......35611
33General, position undefined421...1......1...............15...3............639
34Other forms, scrofula222.........111...............322...1...1459
35Other Infective diseases........................................................................
36Thrush........................................................................
37Actinomycosis........................................................................
38Hydatid diseases........................................................................
39Scurvy........................................................................
40Other diseases due to altered food........................................................................
41Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens........................................................................

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