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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| AGES. | SEX. | WARDS. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 66. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | |
| Allsituations | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tongue | |||||||||||||||||||||
| OtherBuccalCavity | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharynx | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Oesophagus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stomach | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Liver | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GallBladder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Intestines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rectum | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Uterus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| OvaryandFallopiantube | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vagina, vulva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Breast | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Skin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Larynx | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LungaPleura | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pancreas | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bladder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prostate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||||||||||||
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Excluding tuberculosis, the deaths during the year from notifiable infectious
disease numbered 177 (11-1 per cent. of total deaths). The corresponding number
for 1928 was 151 (11-0 per cent. of total deaths).
The following table shows the numbers of cases of infectious disease (tuberculosis
excluded) notified in the Borough, together with distribution as to quarter, age and
Ward:—