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Shoreditch 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 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.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
42 Chronic alcoholism...........................................................................
43 Chronic industrial poisonings...........................................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings...........................................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis...........................................................................
46 Gout...........................1...1......1......1............2...2
47 Cancer..................124193618......4111411175717473986
48 Diabetes mellitus...........................12...............12............123
49 Purpura hæmorrhagica...........................................................................
50 Haemophilia...........................................................................
51 Anaemia, leucocythmæia.....................11...1.........11...1............123
52 Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's disease...........................................................................
53 Premature birth56.......................................31481110343322456
54 Injury at birth1...................................................1.........1...1
55 Debility at birth7..........................................13...1......2167
56 Atelectasis6..........................................2.........112426
57 Congenital defects101..........................................2...31326511
58 Want of breast milk...........................................................................
59 Atrophy, debility, marasmus29...1.................................28138323191130
60 Dentition...........................................................................
61 Rickets...2................................................2.........112
62 Old age, senile decay..............................21554194181913106713405090
63 Convulsions6...11..............................12......2......3538
64 Meningitis3..................11.....................11......21235
65 Encephalitis.................................1..................1............11
66 Apoplexy........................2921154...5107117317262551
67 Softening of brain..................l.........1...1............11......1123
68 Hemiplegia, brain paralysis........................1214......121...1111448
69 General paralysis of insane.....................1312.........2...122.........617
70 Other forms of insanity1........................................................................
71 Chorea...........................................................................
72 Cerebral tumour......2............11.....................1...1...1...224
73 Epilepsy............111.................................12......213
74 Laryngismus stridulus...........................................................................
75 Locomotor ataxy...........................1...............1..................1...1
76 Paraplegia, diseases of spinal cord........................1212......2............112516
77 Other diseases of brain or nervous system...1.....................3...............2...1...1......314
78 Otitis, otorrhœa2......3l321..................123...222...6612
79 Diseases of nose, epistaxis...........................................................................
80 Diseases of eye, ophthalmia...........................................................................
81 Pericarditis......1......1..............................11............112
82 Endocarditis, valvular diseases of the heart.........1...12681512117...2157816276273663
83 Hypertrophy of heart...........................................................................
84 Angina pectoris..............................11............1............12...2
85 Aneurism........................121...2......121......11426
86 Senile gangrene.................................1.........1..................1...1
87 Embolism, thrombosis...........................................................................
88 Phlebitis...........................................................................
89 Varicose veins...........................................................................
90 Other and ill-defined diseases of heart and circulatory system, including heart disease not stated to be valvular.........1......1289253216121514171810514554095