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Shoreditch 1924

[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, 1924.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, 1924.

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 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 G5.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.HoxtonWenlock.WhitmoreKingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1 SmallpoxVaccinated...........................................................................
Unvaccinated...........................................................................
No statement...........................................................................
2 Measles1331113..............................3811821241302858
3 Scarlet fever......2.......................................11............112
4 Typhus fever...........................................................................
5 Epidemic influenza1...2......11...2484322l595231141428
6 Whooping cough1576.................................2962225...19928
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup2364.................................13241...441115
8 Enteric fever.........1....................................1..................11
9 Asiatic cholera...........................................................................
10 Diarrhœa, dysentery42....................................121.........11336
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis54.......................................3411.........729
12Other allied diseases...........................................................................
13 Hydrophobia...........................................................................
14 Glanders, farcy...........................................................................
15 Tetanus...........................................................................
16 Anthrax, splenic fever...........................................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination...........................................................................
18 Syphilis4..................1............1...11...21......1426
19 Gonorrhœea...............1.......................................1.........11
20 Phagedœna, hospital gangrene...........................................................................
21 Erysipelas...........................................................................
22 Puerperal fever..................1..........................................1...11
23 Pyæmia, septicæmia1...211......2112.........1.........43125611
24 Infective endocarditis............13...13......1............2151......549
25Other allied diseases...1.......................................1..................1...1
26 Malarial fever...........................1........................1.........1...1
27 Rheumatic fever............1................................................11...1
28 Rheumatism of the heart...........................................................................
Tuberculosis:—
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus222....................................2......12...1426
30 Larynx...........................................................................
31 Lungs...12...2714222928163......430161716917157351124
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica1l...1...1........................1...1...1...1...314
33 General, position undefined...1...1......2..............................21...1...134
34 Other forms, scrofula...l1...1.........211...............213......1527
35Other infective diseases...........................................................................
36 Thrush...........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis...........................................................................
38 Hydatid diseases...........................................................................
39 Scurvy...........................................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food............................................................. ..............
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens...........................................................................