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Shoreditch 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VI.— ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1922.
| DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population 1922. | ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. | PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS DURING THE YEARS: | DEATHS DURING 1922 FROM | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public 1 institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | *Fever. | †Diarrhœa | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,514,405 | 21.0 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 1.2 | 0.45 | 74 | 7.8 | 48.7 | 0.1 |
| Shoreditch | ‡104,800 | 27.9 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 16.3 | 1.7 | ... | 0.81 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.26 | ... | 0.33 | 1.7 | 0.55 | 102 | 10.7 | 60.2 | ... |
| Moorfields | 4,500 | 24.0 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 1.1 | ... | ... | ... | 0.09 | ... | ... | 0.22 | 2.22 | 0.44 | 83 | 5.5 | 53.4 | ... |
| Church | 18,419 | 27.4 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 18.7 | 2.5 | ... | 1.30 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 0.27 | ... | 0.38 | 2.17 | 0.76 | 144 | 12.8 | 65.1 | ... |
| Hoxton | 15,860 | 31.1 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 14.1 | 17.9 | 1.5 | ... | 0.76 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.19 | ... | 0.44 | 2.27 | 0.69 | 77 | 12.6 | 55.2 | ... |
| Wenlock | ‡13,712 | 32.8 | 15.6 | 19.0 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 1.5 | ... | 0.73 | ... | 0.29 | 0.29 | ... | 0.22 | 1.38 | 0.44 | 95 | 9.0 | 66.2 | ... |
| Whilmore | §18,700 | 26.0 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 2.1 | ... | 1.12 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.32 | ... | 0.43 | 1.39 | 0.64 | 109 | 9.6 | 65.6 | ... |
| Kingsland | 10,526 | 28.3 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 1.5 | ... | 0.57 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.66 | ... | ... | 1.52 | 0.29 | 110 | 12.2 | 57.0 | ... |
| Haggerston | 10,983 | 26.1 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 1.2 | ... | 0.28 | ... | 0.37 | 0.19 | ... | 0.37 | 1.28 | 0.29 | 87 | 8.3 | 59.3 | ... |
| Acton | 12,100 | 24.5 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 16.1 | 1.1 | ... | 0.66 | 0.08 | ... | 0.41 | 1.74 | 0.58 | 99 | 8.7 | 49.7 | ... | ||
* Fever includes typhus, typhoid and continued fevers.
† Diarrhoea in this table includes enteritis in children under two years.
‡ The inhabitants of the Holborn Institution, which is situate in Wenlock Ward, estimated at 1,000, and the deaths occurring in that institution are
excluded.
§ The Shoreditch Institution is situate in this Ward. In the cases of some of the deaths in outlying institutions, the Shoreditch Institution is the last known place of
residence. This Ward is therefore probably credited with some deaths belonging to other Wards.
Note.— Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1,000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is inserted: where no deaths have occurred,
dots are placed in the space under the heading. The estimated population for London is to the middle of 1921, that of Shoreditch to the middle of 1922.