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Shoreditch 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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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 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
42 Chronic alcoholism...........................................................................
43 Chronic industrial poisonings...........................................................................
44Other chronic poisonings...........................................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis...........................................................................
46 Gout..........................................1.....................1...1
47 Cancer.....................29233929161623182318109126851119
48 Diabetes mellitus...............1............2............11......1......123
49 Purpura hæmorrhagica...........................................................................
50 Hæmophilia...........................................................................
51 Anæmia, leucocythæmia...............1...11...11...............12...11235
52 Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's disease.........1.................................1..................1...1
53 Premature birth36.......................................246411252171936
54 Injury at birth...........................................................................
55 Debility at birth3........................•••...............2............1...3...3
56 Atelectasis3.............................................111.........3...3
57 Congenital defects10..........................................152...1...I6410
58 Want of breast milk.....................................................................
59 Atrophy, debility, marasmus18.......................................1351211412618
60 Dentition12....................................2......1.........213
61 Rickets.........................................................•••...............
62 Old age, senile decay..............................427401226218198118404383
63 Convulsions51.......................................2...1111...426
64 Meningitis2...2...1.........1..................3...2...1......336
65 Encephalitisj........................................................................
66 Apoplexy...............1......2312155116767363162339
67 Softening of brain...........................................................................
68 Hemiplegia, brain paralysis........................1...12............31.........1224
69 General paralysis of insane.....................153...............2...11311819
70 Other forms of insanity...........................................................................
71 Chorea...........................................................................
72 Cerebral tumour........................1.........1......12...1.........224
73 Epilepsy............1...1......222.........2312.........448
74 Laryngismus stridulus..............................................................................
75 Locomotor ataxy...........................1211...11...2...1......5...5
76 Paraplegia, diseases of spinal cord.....................1...1......2...1......1......11...44
77 Other diseases of brain or nervous system.......1............11..................12...............123
78 Otitis, otorrhœa...1......11...1...1............1...2...2.........415
79 Diseases of nose, epistaxis............................................................................
80 Diseases of eye, ophthalmia...........................................................................
81 Pericarditis...........................................................................
82 Endocarditis, valvular diseases of the heart............133878472...1112114833192443
83 Hypertrophy of heart...........................................................................
84 Angina pectoris........................11.........1......11...1......3...3
85 Aneurism........................115............31111......527
86 Senile gangrene...........................1...11...1............11...123
87 Embolism, thrombosis..............................1...............1...............1...1
88 Phlebitis...........................................................................
89 Varicose veins...........................................................................
90Other and, ill-defined diseases of heart and circulatory system, including heart disease not stated to be valvular...1.........3214122533142...21151321999544397