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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1932.
| DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population. 1932. | ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. | Infants under 1 year Death rate per 1,000 Live Births. | PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS DURING THE YEARS. | DEATHS DURING 1932 FROM | Inquest Cases. | Death sin Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | (cols. 2-8) | Smallpox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria . | Whooping Cough. | *Fever. | †Diarrhoea Enteritis (under 2 year | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,357,800 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.89 | 0.57 | 67 | 62 | ... | 0.00 |
| Shoreditch | 95,800 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 1.07 | ... | 0.63 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | ... | 0.27 | 1.05 | 0.43 | 80 | 5.9 | 69.3 | ... |
| Moorfields | 3,906 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 15.5 | 10.6 | 16.9 | 1.78 | ... | 1.02 | ... | ... | 0.25 | ... | 0.51 | 1.54 | 0.51 | 70 | 7.6 | 75.8 | ... |
| Church | 16,217 | 20.2 | 17.1 | 12.3 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 1.77 | ... | 1.11 | ... | 0.12 | 0.06 | ... | 0.49 | 1.05 | 0.18 | 110 | 3.2 | 60.6 | ... |
| Hoxton | 15,728 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 1.08 | ... | 0.51 | 0.19 | ... | 0.06 | ... | 0.32 | 0.95 | 0.25 | 116 | 5.6 | 64.2 | ... |
| Wenlock | 15,517 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 0.71 | ... | 0.26 | 0.07 | 3.13 | 0.06 | ... | 0.19 | 1.22 | 0.84 | 53 | 9.7 | 68.2 | ... |
| Whitmore§ | 14,580 | 19.9 | 17.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 0.75 | ... | 0.47 | 0.14 | ... | 0.21 | 0.82 | 0.48 | 72 | 6.6 | 69.2 | ... | ||
| Kingsland | 9,475 | 18.8 | 14.5 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 0.84 | ... | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.11 | ... | 0.11 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 62 | 6.4 | 70.6 | ... | |
| Haggerston | 9,770 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 0.82 | ... | 0.72 | ... | ... | 0.10 | 1.74 | 0.31 | 67 | 5.2 | 70.7 | ... | ||
| Acton | 10,607 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 1.13 | ... | 0.85 | ... | ... | 0.28 | 0.75 | 0.38 | 57 | 4.0 | 74.0 | ... | ||
* Fever includes typhus, typhoid and continued fevers.
† Diarrhoea in this table includes enteritis in children under two years.
§ The Shoreditch Institution is situate in this Ward. In the cases of some of the deaths in outlying institutions, the Shoreditch Institution is the last known place
of residence. This Ward is therefore probably credited with some deaths belonging to other Wards.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1,000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is inserted; where no deaths have
occurred, dots are placed in the space under the heading. The London population is adjusted to the middle of 1932.