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Shoreditch 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.
Under ].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.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
42 Chronic alcoholism...........................1........................1............11
43 Chronic industrial poisonings...........................................................................
44 Other chronic poisonings...........................................................................
45 Osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis...........................................................................
46 Gout..............................1.....................1.........1...1
17 Cancer.....................4329383910152020252459166856124
48 Diabetes mellitus.....................2212............4...1......11437
19 Purpura hsemorrhagica...........................................................................
50 Haemophilia...........................................................................
51 Anaemia, leucocythaemia......21......1...1......1.........113......1...246
52 Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's disease...........................................................................
53 Premature birth26.......................................152562...5141226
>4 Injury at birth...........................................................................
35 Debility at birth2.............................................1...1.........112
>6 Atelectasis4..........................................1......2......1314
>7 Congenital defects3i..........................................1...11...14...4
58 Want of breast milk........................................................................
>9 Atrophy, debility, marasmus18i.......................................373411...11819
50 Dentition ......1.............................................1.....................11
(51 Rickets1................................................1............11
62 Old age, senile decay...1...........................205416618196211947385290
/ 63 Convulsions4.........1.................................2......1...1...224
I 64 Meningitis, 2...111..............................1......2115...5
65 Encephalitis........................................................................
66 Apoplexy...........................1441...24112351015
67 Softening of brain...........................................................................
68 Hemiplegia, brain paralysis...........................1......"1.........1..................1...1
69 General paralysis of insane........................122............1...21......325
70 Other forms of insanity...........................................................................
71 Chorea...........................................................................
72 Cerebral tumour...............1......1......1...............133
73 Epilepsy ....................................................................................
74 Laryngismus stridulus...........................................................................
75 Locomotor ataxy...........................2............:::.........2............2...2
76 Paraplegia, diseases of spinal cord ........................1.........122......2...1...1...2516
77 Other diseases of brain or nervous system2............2...1327216245846667232346
78 Otitis, otorrhcea111.....................1...............1...1......2224
79 Diseases of nose, epistaxis...........................................................................
80 Diseases of eye, ophthalmia...........................................................................
81 Pericarditis..................1.......................................111
82 Endocarditis, valvular diseases of the heart..................121123664...15623423151126
8 3 Hypertrophy of heart........................................................................
84 Angina pectoris..............................2.........11..................2...2
85 Aneurism...........................2...............1.........1......2...2
86 Senile gangrene............................................................................
87 Embolism, thrombosis...........................1621...111......2325
88 Phlebitis...........................................................................
89 Varicose veins...........................................................................
90 Other and ill-defined diseases of heart and circulatory system, including heart disease not stated to be valvular...1.........343622293525......4192519161311215870128