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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE III.Causes of, and ages at death during the Year 1914 in the Borough ofShoreditch.

TABLE III.

Causes of, and ages at death during the Year 1914 in the Borough of

Shoreditch.

causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of •'Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a).Total deaths whether of " Residents " or "Non-Residents" in institutions in the District (b 1.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
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All causesCertified (c)210149620312910066255471381985
Uncertified..............................
1 Enteric Fever2......1......1......2
2 Small-pox..............................
3 Measles1072355281............53
4 Scarlet Fever5...2111............
5 Whooping-cough552215144............19
6 Diphtheria and Croup202666...............
7 Influenza258......221752
8 Erysipelas82............3...34
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)2292128241047612136
10 Tuberculous Meningitis26441152.........5
11 Other Tuberculous diseases499898364214
12 Cancer, malignant disease105.........1115592954
13 Rheumatic Fever8.........2...51...5
14 Meningitis (see note (d))22341324328
15 Organic Heart Disease65.........4511261919
16 Bronchitis15831114......34762110
17 Pneumonia (all forms)2356042297624392866
18 Other diseases of Respiratory organs17...2...1...2755
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis (see note (e))1721133683...16564
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis2.........11.........1
21 Cirrhosis of Liver22...............317217
21a Alcoholism16...............58324
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease56......1217252021
23 Puerperal Fever2...............2......1
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition8............17......3
25 Congenital Debility and malformation, including premature birth1311274..................33
26 Violent deaths, excluding suicide108327519411161420
27 Suicides11...............4522
28 Other defined diseases433565"9221336124168297
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown421............1......
210149620312910066255471381985