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Shoreditch 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Infantile Mortality in the Borough during Year 1930.

CAUSE OF DEATH*AGES.DEATHS in EACH WARD.SEX.
Under 1 day.1 day 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total under 1 year.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
1 Enteric fever................................. ...i....................................
2 Smallpox........................1...1...1.....................1
3 Measles........................5813...314111258
4 Scarlet fever................................................1............
5 Whooping cough...........................11...1..................1...
6 Diphtheria........................112...............11......2
7 Erysipelas..................11......2............1l.........2
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
10 German measles...............................................................
11 Varicella...............................................................
12 Influenza...............................................................
13 (a) with Pulmonary complications...............................................................
14 (b) with Non - Pulmonary complications...............................................................
15 (c) without stated complications...............................................................
16 Encephalitis Lethargica............................................................
17 Meningococcal Meningitis........................1...1......1....... . .......1...
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system...............................................................
19 Other Tuberculous diseases.....................11...2...1...1............2...
20 Bronchitis..................1......12...1......1.........2...
21 Pneumonia (all forms).........1127115328255344231414
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema...............................................................
24 Other Pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laryngitis...............................................................
26 Rickets........................1...1............1.........1...
27 Convulsions...1.........1............1...1.........1...
28 Diarrhœa and Enteritis.........1...138421811222154117
29 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach.....................1......1...1..................1...
31 Syphili......................1......1...1.....................1
32 Congenital malformation2221...71......19...3......4...1136
33 Congenial debility and icterus...13......4111...7...3......1...1243
34 Premature birth91131...242.........26...37343241214
35 Injury at birth11...1...3............3...1...11.........12
36 Suffocation in bed or not stated. Accidental mechanical suffocation..................1.........1............1............1
37 Atelectasis1............1............1.........1............1...
38 Other defined diseasesl...11...31211815...1......1...53
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Totals141696146182621181294301617211114166564

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