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Shoreditch 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The deaths from tuberculosis, which numbered 106, are classified as to situation of disease and ward in the following table : —DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1931.

The deaths from tuberculosis, which numbered 106, are classified as to situation of disease and ward in the following table : —

DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1931.

AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.TOTAL.DEATHS.
Under 1 year.1 to 2 years.2 to 5 years.5 to 10 years.10 to 15 years.15 to 20 years.20 to 25 years.25 to 35 years.35 to 45 years.45 to 55 years.55 to 65 years.65 to 75 years.75 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Not in Institutions.St. Leonard's Hospital.Other tutions. Insti-
Belonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to Shoreditch.Belonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to Shoreditch.
All forms23183111822111692...3231617161011105353106334213111
Respiratory system...1113101720101492...3171615108109444488303810110
Central nervous system21...3.........1..................3......21l...347131......
Intestines and periteum...1...1...............1............1...11.........3...311.........
Vertebral column.......................................................................................
Other bones and joints..................111...............1...11.........2131...1......
Skin and subcutaneous tissue.......................................................................................
Lymphatic system (abdominal glands excepted).......................................................................................
Genito-urinary system...........................1........................1......1...1...............
Other organs—
Adrenals.......................................................................................
Other sites..............................................................................1......
Disseminated Tuberculosis—
Acute.........2...1........................1......1......1...33............1
Chronic.......................................................................................
Not distinguished as acute or chronic.........1.......................................1............11..............

Table: DEATHS PER MILLION POPULATION FROM TUBERCULOSIS.

DEATHS PER MILLION POPULATION FROM TUBERCULOSIS.

Respiratory Tuberculosis.Other Tuberculosis.
Males.Females.Persons.Males.Females.Persons.
Shoreditch920872896189178183
London1,143682895147109126

Table: The death rates per 1,000 from all forms of Tuberculosis in Shoreditch and London during the last 10 years are compared in the following table: —

The death rates per 1,000 from all forms of Tuberculosis in Shoreditch and London during the last 10 years are compared in the following table: —

Year.Shoreditch.London.
19221.712
19231.51.1
19241.31.1
19251.41.0
19261.40.9
19271.071.05
19281.360.98
19291.151.03
19301.00.96
19311.081.02