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Shoreditch 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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The causes of deaths at all ages together with Ward distribution and particulars relating to the deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough is contained in the following table:-

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.Holborn InstitutionS. Leonards HospitalRoy' 1 Chest HospitalHome of Good ShepherdConvent HospitalInfant Welfare Centre
1. Under1 to 2.2 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Belonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to ShoreditchBelonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to ShoreditchBelonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging | to ShoreditchBelonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to ShoreditchBelonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to ShoreditchBelonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to Shoreditch
All Causes.13458412772626605110721022517929372911510116999779889465447046663465452621074684993632......2...
1 Typhoid and para- typhoid feversMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
2 Measles1329162..............................2271153...4423125813129......2...........................
3 Scarlet fever......31...2....................................3...1............2............42....................................
4 Whooping cough31....................................1...1......11...........................31...............1..................
5 Diphtheria...214.............................................2......11...21...............25...1..............................
6 Influenza......1.........12233331......213222121......2...1910...22...........................
7 Encephalitis lethar-gica.....................1..............................l.................................1......11...........................
8 Cerebro-spinal fever1121.........1.....................1............1...2...1...1.........51......1...........................
9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system1......2291320111794......23106571067333115615434...231925..................
10 Other tuberculous diseases1233...2...2.....................1...13...122......1...11...76......31..................1...
11 Syphilis........................121.....................11......2.....................31......4...........................
12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis........................232..................1......1...1...2...2.........61...31...........................
13 Cancer, malignant disease......1111...482459291737213141316128111293115938563...261...111..................
14 Diabetes..............................351.........11.........113......11......36......31........................
15 Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc.)...........................2924114...3436425354422122228116303........................
16 Heart disease...............1210815537764111351722227121814241116159117115126...231031127..................
17 Aneurysm..............................22............1...2...............1...............4......121...1..................
18 Other circulatory diseases...1..................1361817112553...32461...74222621138293...1..................
19 Bronchitis21.....................488132...223345...321223141820......9...........................
20 Pneumonia (all forms)251462...1...43715127...11101161086856321625739......351...61.........1...
21 Other respiratory diseases......31...1......1152.........11231...11...2...2.........95...17......3..................
22 Peptic ulcer..................111344.........13...2121............112...104...181........................
23 Diarrhœa, &c.224...12...1......1............2...6...2431311...1...222011......15...........................
24 Appendicitis.........1...2.........1..................1............2.....................113......1...........................
25 Cirrhosis of liver...........................2...2.........1.........1........................1113......3...........................
26 Other diseases of liver, &c.......................................................................................................1............1............
27 Other digestive diseases4...2.........21...3373...11...1......62112...21211510......7......1..................
28 Acute and chronic nephritis......11...112125681116...14121311...11...1217......1221.....................
29 Puerperal sepsis.....................1.......................................1...........................1......1...........................
30 Other puerperal causes..................111..............................1...1...............1.........3......2...........................
31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, &c51.......................................21104523238332...3...3120......2621...21............
32 Senility.................................6244...131452143311...231915......23...........................
33 Suicide...............1121242......2...1...121...111...2......194......21........................
34 Other violence2...14...32335666...2...2131945223124...2813...31611........................
35 Other defined diseases9*3*1322157†713*85*2*......828*2106†69†61224*224424...1327*2†2.....................
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown