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Shoreditch 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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I nfantile M ortality in the B orough during Y ear 1929.

AGESDEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.
CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1day.day 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total under 1 year.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whit more.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1 Enteric fever...............................................................
2 Smallpox...............................................................
3 Measles...........................34...2......11......22
4 Scarlet fever...............................................................
5 Whooping cough..................114713...2...1311158
6 Diphtheria...........................11............1.........1...
7 Erysipelas...........................11............1.........1...
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
10 German measles...............................................................
11 Varicella...............................................................
12 Influenza...............................................................
13 (a) with Pulmonary complications.....................1......1...1..................1...
14 (b) with Non - Pulmonary complications...............................................................
15 (c) without stated complications...............................................................
16 Encephalitis Lethargica...............................................................
17 Meningococcal Meningitis...........................11.........1............1...
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system...............................................................
19 Other Tuberculous diseases.........1...1...13...5...11111......32
20 Bronchitis............22241...9...3...1311...54
21 Pneumonia (all forms).........1...15971133...77464322013
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema...............................................................
24 Other Pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laryngitis...............................................................
26 Rickets...........................11...1..................1...
27 Convulsions..................113...5...3......1......114
28 Diarrhoea and Enteritis............1159142014225114146
29 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach.....................1......1...1.....................1
31 Syphilis.....................2...13...21...............12
32 Congenital malformation14.........541......10...21...5......264
33 Congenital debility and icterus212......5131...10...21...511...55
34 Premature birth128821311.........32456751131616
35 Injury at birth2............2............21......1............11
36 Suffocation in bed or not stated. Accidental mechanical suffocation...............................................................
37 Atelectasis41.........5............5...12...1......132
38 Other defined diseases......2...13222211...14311...165
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Totals211412455623352232168638292139128159375

* Deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring beyond limits of Borqugh are included.