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Shoreditch 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Four of the deaths occurred under one year of age, six between one and
two, and one between two and five.
The death rate from this disease was 0.11 per 1,000 inhabitants. The
deaths in London as a whole numbered 308, the death rate being 0.07.
The number of cases removed to the hospitals of the London County
Council during the year was 52.
Influenza.
Influenza was more prevalent both in Shoreditch and in London as a whole in 1931 than during the immediately preceding year. Comparative figures for recent years are contained in the following table : —
| shoreditch. | london. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 population. |
| 1931 | 23 | 0.23 | 1,114 | 0.25 |
| 1930 | 1 | 0.01 | 370 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 68 | 0.68 | 3,088 | 0.69 |
| 1928 | 16 | 0.16 | 502 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 25 | 0.24 | 1,790 | 0.39 |
Diarrhcea and Enteritis.
The death rate per 1,000 live births in Shoreditch and other areas are
compared in the table on page 4, and particulars of the age, sex and ward
distribution of these deaths will be found in the tables on pp. 18 and 19.
From the following table it will be seen that the deaths from this disease both of children under one and those under two years of age were greater during 1931 than during 1930. In this respect Shoreditch differs from London as a whole, in which the death rate from this disease was less in 1931 than in 1930.
| Deaths under two years. | Deaths under one year. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Total number. | Rate per 1,000 births. | Percentage or deaths under 1 year. | ||||||
| 1930 | 1931 | 1930 | 1931 | 1930 | 1931 | 1930 | 1931 | 1930 | 1931 | |
| London | 696 | 621 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 638 | 572 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
| Shoreditch | 20 | 33 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 18 | 29 | 9.0 | 17.2 | 13.9 | 23.8 |
Cases of diarrhoea and enteritis occurring in infants and young
children should be quickly brought to the notice of the Health Visitors by
the parents. It is most important that treatment should be begun promptly