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Shoreditch 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE V.
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR ENDING
31st DECEMBER, 1927.

Table: Note.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch 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.

Note.—The deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch 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.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.I 15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 05.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
1 SmallpoxVaccinated.....................1.................................1...............
Unvaccinated...........................................................................
.No statement1...........................................................................
2 Measles241....................................1......41...1437
3 Scarlet fever......21.................................1......2.........213
4 Typhus fever...........................................................................
5 Epidemic influenza111...............3295211263712316925
6 Whooping cough1482....................................44'91...33131124
7 Diphtheria, rhembranous croup...426..............................12......32O13912
8 Enteric fever.....................1.....................1..................1...1
9 Asiatic cholera...........................................................................
10 Diarrhoea, dysentery3..........................................1............11123
11 Epidemic or zymotic enteritis7..........................................5...1...l......527
12 Other allied, diseases...........................................................................
13 Hydrophobia...........................................................................
14 Glanders, farcy...........................................................................
15 Tetanus..............................1............1......1............1 11
16 Anthrax, splenic fever......................................................1......111... 1...
17 Cow-pox, accidents of vaccination...........................................................................
18 Syphilis111...............231............12......1115...8
19 Gonorrhoea..................................................................1......
20 Phagedoena, hospital gangrene..................................................................1......
21 Erysipelas1.....................13...1............121l..."i1516
22 Puerperal fever...............1...1........................1......1.........22
23 Pyaemia, septicaemia1......54...1...1...1............133...32l7613
24 Infective endocarditis..................11...2...............111...1......224
25 Other allied diseases.........................................................1...............
26 Malarial fever...........................................................................
27 Rheumatic fever.........111...1111...1......1...111111617
28 Rheumatism of the heart.........1...2..............................111............33
Tuberculosis...........................................................................
29 Brain or meninges, acute hydrocephalus223121...1.....................32222l...15712
30 Larynx...1...............11...............1...1............13...3
31 Lungs.........1281o111032193......42112914161281572986
32 Intestines, tabes mesenterica.........l..........................................1............11
33 General, position undefined...21...21...1.....................31...211......11 37
34 Other forms, scrofula1...............22..............................2112321 5
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 1..................................................................-......