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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE III.Causes of, and ages at death during the Year 1924 in the Borough of Shoreditch.

TABLE III.

Causes of, and ages at death during the Year 1924 in the Borough of Shoreditch.

causes of death.Neti- 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 (b),
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 4545 and under 65.65 and upwards.
1234567891011
All causesCertified (c)1444221117723469158374399804
Uncertified..............................
1 Enteric fever1.........1............1
2 Smallpox..............................
...3 Measles581331113............2
4 Scarlet fever2......2..................
5 Whooping cough281576...............19
6 Diphtheria and Croup152364...............
7 Influenza281...2...221298
8 Erysipelas..............................
9 Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis)124...122215144368
10 Tuberculous meningitis6222...............4
11 Other tuberculous diseases1513133224
12 Cancer, malignant disease126...............13674663
13 Rheumatic fever1.........1...............
14 Meningitis (see note (d) )82131...1.........
15 Organic heart disease43.........161512923
16 Bronchitis ...1972155......106591142
17 Pneumonia (all forms)179514816269281962
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs2115
19 Diarrhoea and Enter0itis (see note (e)291971............213
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis9.........21321...
21 Cirrhosis of liver7..................345
2 la Alcoholism..............................
22 Nephritis and Bright's disease462......134181839
23 Puerpural fever1............1.........1
24 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition8............35......4
25 Congenital Debility and malformation, including premature birth6767.....................25
26 Violent deaths, excluding suicide49611134561325
27 Suicides17............131122
28 Other defined diseases3751964101835103180288
29 Diseases ill-defined or un
known3...2...............1...
1444221117723469158374399804