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Shoreditch 1926

[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, 1926.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, 1926.

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.

AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARDSEX.Total.
CAUSES OF DEATH.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.Ilaggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1 SmallpoxVaccinated...........................................................................
Unvaccinated...........................................................................
No statement...........................................................................
2 Measles3184....................................745421291625
3 Scarlet fever...l21.................................1111.........224
4 Typhus fever...........................................................................
5 Epidemic influenza2...11...11213343......353812...91322
6 Whooping cough...........................................................................
7 Diphtheria, membranous croup...452...............1...............1413...127512
8 Enteric fever..................1....................................1............1
9 Asiatic cholera...........................................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery52..................11............1...2......312819
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis3......................................................12...123
12 Other allied diseases...........................................................................
13 Hydrophobia.................................• • •.......................................
14 Glanders, farcy...........................................................................
15 Tetanus...........................................................................
16 Anthrax, splenic fever•••........................................................................
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination...........................................................................
18 Syphilis...........................................................................
19 Gonorrhoea...........................................................................
20 Phagedoena, hospital gangrene...........................................................................
21 Erysipelas..............................12............1......2......12...
22 Puerperal fever..................21.....................111...............33
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia...1............21...2..................51............426
24 Infective endocarditis......1......223.....................1222...1...1...8
25 Other allied diseases...........................................................................
26 Malarial fever...........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever............321...1...............1...21111...437
28 Rheumatism of the heart.........2...11l......1.........11...2...11...336
Tuberculosis :—
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus115...1......1.....................2131...11549
30 Larynx.....................1..............................1............11
31 Lungs............21429241923175......8262012211715148251133
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica...........................................................................
33 General, position undefined......211.........1........................2...111145
34 Other forms, scrofula.........1......1...1..................2......1.........123
35 Other infective diseases...........................................................................
36 Thrash...........................................................................
37 Actinomycosis...........................................................................
38 Hydatid diseases...........................................................................
39 Scurvy...........................................................................
40 Other diseases due to altered food...........................................................................
41 Acute alcoholism, delirium tremens...........................................................................