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Shoreditch 1925

[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, 1925.Note.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shorcditch 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, 1925.

Note.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shorcditch 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 lo 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 t o 20.2U to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to65 to 75.75 to 80.85 and upwards.MoorfieldsChurch.Hoxton.Wenlock.WhitmoreKingslnnd.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female
1 SmallpoxVaccinated...........................................................................
Unvaccinated...........................................................................
No statement...............................................................
2 Measles101851..............................5627464142034
3 Scarlet fever...131.................................11...1.........415
4 Typhus fever...........................................................................
5 Epidemic influenza.....................2i274...............7.........112719
6 Whooping cough1577....................................436...24513162!)
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup......1241..............................352......3141317
8 Enteric fever..................11 ..................................... 1.........11
9 Asiatic cholera...........................................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery5...1.....................1............111121...347
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis3..........................................11...1......14...4
12 Other allied diseases...........................................................................
13 Hydrophobia...........................................................................
14 Glanders, farcy..............................................................................
15 Tetanus...............I.............................................1......11
16 Anthrax, splenic fever...........................................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination...........................................................................
18 Syphilis2.....................11...1............32...............15
19 Gonorrhoea...........................................................................
20 Phagedoena, hospital gangrene...........................................................................
21 Erysipelas2...............1131...111...31121125611
22 Puerperal fever.....................11...........................11.........22
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia1......21..................1............1...31......235
24 Infective endocarditis...1..................2..................1......1.........2...2
25 Other allied diseases...........................................................................
26 Malarial fever...........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever.....................1......1............1...1............112
28 Rheumatism of the heart.........1............1........................1......1......22
Tuberculosis :—
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus5322II1........................33312127815
30 Larynx...........................................................................
31 Lungs.........231116232323185......6201414261616127846124
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica...22......1...........................21...11......5...5
33 General, position undefined...11......i.........2........................2...3...325
34 Other forms, scrofula......11...i1......1............2...11...1......145
35 Other infective diseases...........................................................................
36 Thrush........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis...........................................................................
38 Hydatid diseases...........................................................................
39 Scurvy...........................................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food...........................................................................
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens...........................................................................

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