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Shoreditch 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Infantile Mortality in the Borough During Year, 1932.

Infantile Mortality in the Borough During Year, 1932.

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."I Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1 Enteric fever.......................................................................................
2 Smallpox.......................................................................................
3 Measles.....................17513......322............1......122...85
4 Scarlet fever.......................................................................................
5 Whooping cough........................123......1......11...........................21
6 Diphtheria.......................................................................................
7 Erysipelas..................1.........1............1.................................1...
8 Mumps.......................................................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis.......................................................................................
10 German measles.......................................................................................
11 Varicella...........................11...........................1.....................1
12 Influenza.......................................................................................
13 (a) with Pulmonary complications.......................................................................................
14 (b) with Non - Pulmonary complications.......................................................................................
15 (c) without stated complications.......................................................................................
16 Encephalitis Lethargica.......................................................................................
17 Meningococcal Meningitis...........................11........................1.....................1...
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system.....................1......1.......................................1.........1
19 Other Tuberculous diseases.....................1......1............1.................................1...
20 Bronchitis.....................2......2........................1.........1.........2...
21 Pneumonia (all forms)......1...36269225......2553212...111...2...1510
22 Pleurisy.......................................................................................
23 Empyema.......................................................................................
24 Other Pleurisy.......................................................................................
25 Laringitis.......................................................................................
26 Rickets.....................1......1......1.......................................1...
27 Convulsions.......................................................................................
28 Diarrhoea and Enteritis..................4864222...52241...3...1...1......1157
29 Ulcer of stomach.......................................................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach.......................................................................................
31 Syphilis.......................................................................................
32 Congenital malformation...3.........3321...9...1221......11...1...............54
33 Congenital debility and icterus2............2342...11......212...1...112...1.........92
34 Premature birth4142222421......272...6...212117...21...2...1611
35 Injury at birth2...1......3............3.........1...1...........................1...12
36 Accidental mechanical (suffocation).......................................................................................
37 Atelectasis.......................................................................................
38 Other defined diseases...21......3232111.........12...11...121...2......56
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown.......................................................................................
Other Violence1............1.........12..................l.....................1...2...
Totals919554421730281713441221418109410117465818450
*Deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring within the Borough are excluded. *Deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring beyond limits of Borough are included.