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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE III.
Causes of, and ages at death during the Year 1922 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 or "Residents" or "NonResidents" in Institutions in the District (6), | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Apes. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 6. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All causes | Certified (c) | 1712 | 301 | 168 | 99 | 53 | 70 | 178 | 435 | 408 | 840 |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| 1 Enteric fever | |||||||||||
| 2 Smallpox | |||||||||||
| 3 Measles | 84 | 19 | 44 | 19 | 2 | 50 | |||||
| 4 Scarlet fever | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 Whooping cough | 27 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 18 | |||||
| 6 Diphtheria and croup | 27 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| 7 Influenza | 69 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 2 | |
| 8 Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) | 148 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 60 | 48 | 6 | 72 | |
| 10 Tuberculous meningitis | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 11 Other tuberculous diseases | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 108 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 66 | 31 | 42 | |||
| 13 Rheumatic fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 14 Meningitis (see note (d) ) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 15 Organic heart disease | 65 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 16 Bronchitis | 202 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 65 | 95 | 124 | ||
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 260 | 72 | 70 | 30 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 25 | 84 | ||
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 19 Diarrhoea and enteritis (see note (e) ) | 38 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 20 Appendicitis and typhlitis | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 21 Cirrhosis of liver | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 2la Alcoholism | |||||||||||
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's disease | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 23 Puerpural fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and malformation, including premature birth | 104 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 35 | ||||||
| 26 Violent deaths, excluding suicide | 45 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 16 | |
| 27 Suicides | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 28 Other defined diseases | 387 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 112 | 179 | 289 | |
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1712 | 301 | 168 | 99 | 53 | 70 | 178 | 435 | 408 | 840 | ||