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Shoreditch 1926

[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 to45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Iloxton.Wen lock.Whit moreK ingslard.Haggerston. 'Acton.Male.Female.
42 Chronic alcoholism.......................................1.................................
43 Chronic industrial poisonings...........................................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings...........................................................................
45 Ostco-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis...........................................................................
46 Gout...........................................................................
47 Cancer.....................2824383212...7151511261416125759116
48 Diabetes mellitus...........................3...1.........21............1134
49 Purpura haemorrhagica...........................................................................
50 Hemophilia...........................................................................
51 Anaemia, leucocythæmia...............1......2...11.........3...1.........1415
52 Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's disease........................1..................1........................1
53 Premature birth38..........................................8844635182038
54 Injury at birth...........................................................................
55 Debility at birth1..........................................1.....................11
56 Atelectasis3.............................................2......1......123
57 Congenital defects3................................................12.........3...3
58 Want of breast milk...........................................................................
59 Atrophy, debility, marasmus18..........................................6...3431171118
60 Dentition...........................................................................
61 Rickets...........................................................................
62 Old age, senile decay..............................13559289211411261415135964123
63 Convulsions411....................................4.........11...336
64 Meningitis2211...21........................251...1......459
65 Encephalitis.... . ......................................................................
66 Apoplexy.....................132162010...31152131152252752
67 Softening of brain.............................. ................................................
68 Hemiplegia, brain paralysis...........................2........................2............22
69 General paralysis of insane........................2311.........1112...11527
70 Other forms of insanity...........................................................................
71 Chorea...........................................................................
72 Cerebral tumour.........1...1...231...............21113......628
73 Epilepsy...............1......1.....................2...............112
74 Laryngismus stridulus...........................................................................
75 Locomotor ataxy..............................1..................1............1...1
76 Paraplegia, diseases of spinal cord...........................................................................
77 Other diseases of brain or nervous system...1.....................1......1......1......11......123
78 Otitis, otorrhæa1......1...1...31..................12l21......257
79 Diseases of nose, epistaxis...........................................................................
80 Diseases of eye, ophthalmia..................................................................... .........
81 Pericarditis........................11........................11......112
82 Endocarditis, valvular diseases of the heart......1...21...1295101134635336171633
83 Hypertrophy of heart...........................................................................
84 Angina pectoris..............................21......1...1.........1...3...3
85 Aneurism........................1123......11112...1...437
86 Senile gangrene..............................1..............................11...1
87 Embolism, thrombosis...........................................................................
38 Phlebitis...........................................................................
89 Varicose veins...........................................................................
90 Other and ill-defined diseases of heart and circulatory system, including heart disease not stated to be valvular1.........1...3261421441344181316181214144762109